OTD…June 8 and STS-117

VIDEO: The winged spaceship Columbia returned to Earth with a pinpoint landing at Edwards Air Force Base on this day 35 years ago, concluding the maiden flight of the space shuttle.

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

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1998 on the Neurolab Spacelab mission