OTD…Oct. 7 and STS-112

#OTD…In 2009, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission launched

OTD in 1994…Endeavour experienced an on-pad abort due to a main engine problem during startup

The final manned Mercury mission was launched atop an Atlas rocket on this day in 1963 with Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for a 34-hour, 22-orbit flight.