OTD…Oct. 29 and STS-95

VIDEO: The winged spaceship Columbia returned to Earth with a pinpoint landing at Edwards Air Force Base on this day 35 years ago, concluding the maiden flight of the space shuttle.

#OTD in 1999…Columbia launched with the first woman commander and the Chandra X-ray Observatory

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1993 on the second flight of the German Spacelab