OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD in 1989…Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter and in 1993…Columbia launched on a life sciences Spacelab flight

#OTD…The maiden launch of shuttle Endeavour in 1992 to rescue the Intelsat 603 satellite

OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight