OTD…July 15 and STS-127

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.

#OTD in 2012…California welcomes Endeavour back to birth state for retirement

#OTD in 1991…Atlantis launched another of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites