On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

#OTD in 1982 the 3rd launch of the space shuttle and in 1996 the 3rd Mir docking missioN

#OTD…Launch of Endeavour in 2001 to deliver Canadarm2 to the space station

The first crew to inhabit Skylab — Conrad, Weitz and Kerwin — launched today in 1973 for a 28-day mission that successfully made critical repairs, brought the station into operation and conducted solar astronomy, Earth resources and medical experiments.