OTD…Jan. 22 and STS-42

#OTD in 2006…A star-spangled start to Discovery’s STS-121 mission

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 1991, 1992 and 1993…flights by Discovery and Endeavour