OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD…Launch of a 1993 environmental mission on Discovery and Atlantis’ ISS flight in 2002

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station

#OTD in 1995, Endeavour launched on the ASTRO-2 astronomy mission: