OTD…Oct. 13 and Endeavour

#OTD in 2012…Journey of shuttle Endeavour through Los Angeles begins

The mission to the orbiting outpost featured three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut who will spend roughly 180 days on the space station. Liftoff occurred at 10:53 p.m. EST (0353 UTC) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

#OTD in 2005…Discovery launched on the first space shuttle mission after the Columbia tragedy