OTD…July 26 and STS-114

The final manned Mercury mission was launched atop an Atlas rocket on this day in 1963 with Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for a 34-hour, 22-orbit flight.

#OTD in 1992…Discovery launched with the first International Microgravity Laboratory.

#OTD in 2007…Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories