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

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…Launch of Columbia in 1998 on the Neurolab Spacelab mission

#OTD in 1992…Atlantis launched to test the Tethered Satellite System