OTD…May 7 and STS-49

#OTD…Launch of Challenger in 1985 on a Spacelab research flight

#OTD in 1985…Atlantis launched on her maiden voyage as a new orbiter joined the shuttle fleet

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.