OTD…Oct. 22 and STS-52

#OTD in 2009, shuttle Discovery delivers power payload to space station.

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

#OTD in 2006…A star-spangled start to Discovery’s STS-121 mission