OTD…Jan. 13 and STS-54

#OTD…The first launch of Challenger in 1983 and Columbia’s shortened Spacelab mission in 1997

Apollo 16 launched to the Descartes Highlands of the moon on this day in 1972 with John Young, Charlie Duke and Ken Mattingly.

#OTD in 1989…Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter and in 1993…Columbia launched on a life sciences Spacelab flight