OTD…Aug. 30 and STS-8 and STS-41D

Today in 1996…The launch of Columbia and the ill-fated Tethered Satellite System. Watch the liftoff:

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

#OTD in 1995…Discovery launched a Tracking and Data Relay satellite