OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD…The first launch of Challenger in 1983 and Columbia’s shortened Spacelab mission in 1997

Today in 1971…The launch of Apollo 14 to Fra Mauro with Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell.

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