OTD…Aug. 7 and STS-85

Today in 1969, the launch of Apollo 9 and the first manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit.

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…Launch of Discovery in 1990 with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe!