OTD…June 17 and STS-51G

Dave Scott, Jim Irwin and Al Worden left for the Moon today in 1971 aboard Apollo 15 bound for Hadley rille with the first Lunar Roving Vehicle.

OTD in 1994…Endeavour experienced an on-pad abort due to a main engine problem during startup

#OTD in 1995…Columbia launched on a microgravity science Spacelab flight