OTD…Final launch of Endeavour five years ago

#OTD in 2005…Discovery launched on the first space shuttle mission after the Columbia tragedy

The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS 41-B provide an overview of their mission. Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center on February 3, 1984, and although the flight was marred by the failure of two commercial satellite deployments, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history by making the first untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit jet pack.

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launches on the first Extended Duration Orbiter mission