OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD in 1983…Challenger launched with America’s first woman astronaut. Watch the launch:

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

#OTD in 1982…Columbia launches on the fourth space shuttle mission. #OTD in 1995…Atlantis launches on first shuttle-Mir docking flight