OTD…Sept. 21 and Endeavour retirement

Making a brief pit shop in San Diego to clear customs today, the museum-bound space shuttle external fuel tank will reach Los Angeles for offloading from the transport barge on Wednesday, just days after a serendipitous rescue of the passengers from a sunken boat in the Pacific.

#OTD in 2001…Discovery launched on an International Space Station crew exchange mission

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