OTD…Oct. 15 and Cassini

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

On the eve of the Cassini spacecraft’s deepest pass through the polar plumes of Enceladus, Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark spoke with Jonathan Lunine, a member of the mission’s science team from Cornell University, about what he hopes to learn from the encounter.

#OTD…The maiden launch of shuttle Endeavour in 1992 to rescue the Intelsat 603 satellite