OTD…May 4 and STS-30

#OTD in 1997…Columbia launched on the reflight of her shortened Microgravity Science Laboratory mission

#OTD in 1982 the 3rd launch of the space shuttle and in 1996 the 3rd Mir docking missioN

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station