On this date…March 4 launch of STS-62

#OTD in 2000…Atlantis launched on a mission to make the International Space Station a home in orbit

Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific today in 1969, fulfilling President Kennedy’s challenge to a nation of landing a man to the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

#OTD in 1983…Challenger lifts off on the first nighttime shuttle launch…and Discovery launches on her inaugural Spaceflight