OTD…March 22 and STS-3 and STS-76

Today in 1986…Space shuttle Challenger and her seven astronaut crew were lost during launch.

American and Soviet crews were launched today in 1975 for the first handshakes in space between the two superpowers as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

#OTD in 1988…Discovery returned Americans to space after the Challenger accident