OTD…Jan. 13 and STS-54

#OTD in 1994, the launch of Columbia on the STS-62 microgravity research 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.

OTD in 1969…The launch of Apollo 11 for the first human landing on the moon