April 14, 1981: Landing of Columbia on STS-1 April 14, 2016 Justin Ray 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. Bob CrippenColumbiaJohn YoungLandingOTDSpace ShuttleSTS-1
Video OTD…Jan. 22 and STS-42 January 22, 2016 Justin Ray #OTD in 1992…Discovery launched with the first International Microgravity Laboratory.
Uncategorized OTD…Jan. 9 and STS-32 January 9, 2016 Justin Ray #OTD in 1990…Columbia launched to retrieve NASA’s Long duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) on the longest Shuttle flight to date.
Video OTD…Jan. 27 and Apollo 1 January 27, 2016 Justin Ray Today in 1967…The astronauts of Apollo 1 lost their lives in a launch pad fire.