On this date: March 8

#OTD in 1982…Columbia launches on the fourth space shuttle mission. #OTD in 1995…Atlantis launches on first shuttle-Mir docking flight

#OTD in 1997…Atlantis launched on the seventh joint docking mission with Russia’s space station Mir

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station