OTD…Sept. 29 and STS-26

#OTD in 1985…Atlantis launched on her maiden voyage as a new orbiter joined the shuttle fleet

America’s first space shuttle launched on this day 35 years ago as the reusable flying machine, Columbia, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center with John Young and Bob Crippen aboard.

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