OTD…June 8 and STS-117

#OTD in 1990…Columbia launched to retrieve NASA’s Long duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) on the longest Shuttle flight to date.

Today in 1996…The launch of Columbia and the ill-fated Tethered Satellite System. Watch the liftoff:

#OTD…Launch of Endeavour in 2001 to deliver Canadarm2 to the space station