OTD…June 3, 1965 and the first American walk in space

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched with the first Spacehab module and retrieval of the European EURECA satellite

After a bit of a struggle with a balky bolt, space station commander Peggy Whitson replaced a failed external computer during a short, hurriedly planned spacewalk Tuesday while crewmate Jack Fischer installed a pair of antennas to improve wireless communications during future excursions.

#OTD…in 1996, Atlantis launched to Russia’s space station Mir