OTD…April 5 launches of STS-37 and 131

#OTD in 2012…Shuttle reaches retirement roost in sunny SoCal

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

#OTD in 1991…Atlantis launched another of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites