OTD…Sept. 30 and STS-68

OTD in 1969…The launch of Apollo 11 for the first human landing on the moon

The first crew to inhabit Skylab — Conrad, Weitz and Kerwin — launched today in 1973 for a 28-day mission that successfully made critical repairs, brought the station into operation and conducted solar astronomy, Earth resources and medical experiments.

#OTD in 1991…The launch of Columbia on Spacelab Life Sciences 1 mission