OTD…Sept. 8 and STS-106

#OTD in 1995…Endeavour launched to deploy and retrieve solar satellite and Wake Shield Facility

#OTD in 1985…Discovery launched to deploy three satellites and rendezvous with another for daring repair

The flight of Gemini 4 launched today in 1965 for NASA’s first Extra Vehicular Activity spacewalk by Ed White on a four-day orbital mission with commander Jim McDivitt.