On This Date…March 13 and STS-29

Scott Carpenter launched atop an Atlas rocket to become the second American to orbit the Earth today in 1962, flying for 4 hours and 39 minutes aboard Aurora 7 while making three revolutions of the globe.

#OTD in 2007…Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories

#OTD in 2001…Discovery launched on an International Space Station crew exchange mission