OTD…Sept. 21 and Endeavour retirement

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

A five-week, 5,000-mile sea trek of the last space shuttle external fuel tank pulled into port today for a parade through the urban jungle of Southern California on Saturday to its final destination.

American and Soviet crews were launched today in 1975 for the first handshakes in space between the two superpowers as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.