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OTD…Oct. 3 and STS-51J

October 3, 2015 Justin Ray

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

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#OTD in 1995…Discovery launched a Tracking and Data Relay satellite

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#OTD in 1997…Atlantis launched on the seventh joint docking mission with Russia’s space station Mir

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July 20, 1969: Lunar landing of Apollo 11

July 20, 2016 Justin Ray

Mankind’s first landing on the Moon and stepping foot on the lunar surface occurred today in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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  • Live coverage: SpaceX countdown at Vandenberg aborted at T-minus 3 seconds
    March 30, 2023
  • First launch for Pentagon’s own mega-constellation set for Thursday
    March 29, 2023
  • SpaceX launches another bundle of Starlink internet satellites
    March 29, 2023
  • Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth without a crew
    March 28, 2023
  • Blue Origin blames September New Shepard abort on engine nozzle failure
    March 27, 2023
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