OTD…Oct. 14 and Endeavour

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

On the 35th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch, the last remaining external fuel tank set sail today from its factory in New Orleans to Los Angeles and a remarkable museum attraction in the making.

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launched the LAGEOS-2 laser-reflection satellite