OTD…July 4 and STS-121

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.

Today in 1969, the launch of Apollo 9 and the first manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit.

#OTD in 2009…Discovery launches on her silver anniversary mission