OTD…Aug. 2 and STS-43

The first crew to inhabit Skylab — Conrad, Weitz and Kerwin — launched today in 1973 for a 28-day mission that successfully made critical repairs, brought the station into operation and conducted solar astronomy, Earth resources and medical experiments.

#OTD…Launch of the first shuttle mission to service a satellite in space in 1984

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