OTD…Oct. 30 and STS-61A

#OTD in 1982…Columbia launches on the fourth space shuttle mission. #OTD in 1995…Atlantis launches on first shuttle-Mir docking flight

#OTD in 1982 the 3rd launch of the space shuttle and in 1996 the 3rd Mir docking missioN

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.