OTD…Jan. 28 and STS-51L

Today in 1967…The astronauts of Apollo 1 lost their lives in a launch pad fire.

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launched the LAGEOS-2 laser-reflection satellite

The flight of Gemini 4 launched today in 1965 for NASA’s first Extra Vehicular Activity spacewalk by Ed White on a four-day orbital mission with commander Jim McDivitt.