OTD…Aug. 28 and STS-128

#OTD in 2000…Atlantis launched on a mission to make the International Space Station a home in orbit

VIDEO: The winged spaceship Columbia returned to Earth with a pinpoint landing at Edwards Air Force Base on this day 35 years ago, concluding the maiden flight of the space shuttle.

#OTD in 1985…Challenger suffered an engine shutdown on her way to orbit for a Spacelab mission