OTD…Oct. 12 and Endeavour

#OTD in 2009…Discovery launches on her silver anniversary mission

A five-week, 5,000-mile sea trek of the last space shuttle external fuel tank pulled into port today for a parade through the urban jungle of Southern California on Saturday to its final destination.

#OTD…The first launch of Challenger in 1983 and Columbia’s shortened Spacelab mission in 1997