On this date…April 16 and Apollo 16

OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight

#OTD in 1982 the 3rd launch of the space shuttle and in 1996 the 3rd Mir docking missioN

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.