OTD…July 31 and STS-46

#OTD in 1995…Endeavour launched to deploy and retrieve solar satellite and Wake Shield Facility

#OTD in 1982 the 3rd launch of the space shuttle and in 1996 the 3rd Mir docking missioN

Scott Carpenter launched atop an Atlas rocket to become the second American to orbit the Earth today in 1962, flying for 4 hours and 39 minutes aboard Aurora 7 while making three revolutions of the globe.