OTD…Oct. 15 and Cassini

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

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft — in its 11th year orbiting Saturn — has spotted the gas giant and its haze-covered moon Titan suspended in the blackness of space like diamonds in the rough.

#OTD…Launch of the first shuttle mission to service a satellite in space in 1984