OTD…Aug. 27 and STS-51I

#OTD in 1991…Atlantis launched another of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites

The U.S. launched its first man into space on this date, May 5, 1961, as Alan Shepard rode the Freedom 7 capsule on a 15-minute suborbital flight to 116.5 miles in altitude and 303 miles downrange to splashdown.

#OTD in 2012…Journey of shuttle Endeavour through Los Angeles begins