OTD…Sept. 8 and STS-106

#OTD in 1996…Columbia launched on a life sciences and microgravity flight.

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.

#OTD in 1997…Cassini was launched on its billion-mile trek to Saturn