OTD…April 5 launches of STS-37 and 131

#OTD in 2005…Discovery launched on the first space shuttle mission after the Columbia tragedy

#OTD…The maiden launch of shuttle Endeavour in 1992 to rescue the Intelsat 603 satellite

Apollo 16 launched to the Descartes Highlands of the moon on this day in 1972 with John Young, Charlie Duke and Ken Mattingly.