OTD…Jan. 24 and STS-51C

#OTD…America’s first shuttle launch in 1981 and another in 1985

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

#OTD in 1996…Columbia launched on a life sciences and microgravity flight.