OTD…Aug. 27 and STS-51I

#OTD in 1994…Columbia launched on a Spacelab microgravity flight

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

#OTD in 1992…Atlantis launched to test the Tethered Satellite System