On this date: March 8

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

#OTD in 1985…Challenger suffered an engine shutdown on her way to orbit for a Spacelab mission

#OTD in 1994…Discovery launched to develop new techniques for monitoring Earth’s environment from space…and in 2006…Construction of the space station resumed as Atlantis delivered a power-generating truss