OTD…July 12 and STS-104

#OTD in 1985…Discovery launched to deploy three satellites and rendezvous with another for daring repair

American and Soviet crews were launched today in 1975 for the first handshakes in space between the two superpowers as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

#OTD in 1985…Atlantis launched on her maiden voyage as a new orbiter joined the shuttle fleet