OTD…June 18 and STS-7 and LRO

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

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

#OTD in 1989…Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter and in 1993…Columbia launched on a life sciences Spacelab flight