OTD…April 8 launches of STS-56 and 110

#OTD in 1994…Columbia launched on a Spacelab microgravity flight

Mankind’s first landing on the Moon and stepping foot on the lunar surface occurred today in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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