OTD…April 8 launches of STS-56 and 110

Today in 1969, the launch of Apollo 9 and the first manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit.

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1993 on the second flight of the German Spacelab

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