OTD…Jan. 13 and STS-54

Today in 1996…The launch of Columbia and the ill-fated Tethered Satellite System. Watch the liftoff:

Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific today in 1969, fulfilling President Kennedy’s challenge to a nation of landing a man to the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launches on the first Extended Duration Orbiter mission