April 14, 1981: Landing of Columbia on STS-1

#OTD in 1999…Columbia launched with the first woman commander and the Chandra X-ray Observatory

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

#OTD…Launch of Endeavour in 2001 to deliver Canadarm2 to the space station