OTD…Aug. 7 and STS-85

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 1994…Endeavour experienced an on-pad abort due to a main engine problem during startup

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