OTD…Oct. 22 and STS-52

The final manned Mercury mission was launched atop an Atlas rocket on this day in 1963 with Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for a 34-hour, 22-orbit flight.

#OTD…Gamma Ray Observatory launched in 1991 on Atlantis and Discovery’s 2010 ISS flight

#OTD in 2009…Endeavour launched to complete the Japanese segment of the International Space Station