OTD…April 8 launches of STS-56 and 110

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

OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight

As a dress rehearsal mission for the moon landing, Apollo 10 launched today in 1969 with Cernan, Young and Stafford