OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD in 1995…Discovery launched a Tracking and Data Relay satellite

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.

As a dress rehearsal mission for the moon landing, Apollo 10 launched today in 1969 with Cernan, Young and Stafford