On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

#OTD in 1985…Discovery launched on the first classified space shuttle mission for the Department of Defense. Watch the liftoff:

#OTD in 1994, the launch of Columbia on the STS-62 microgravity research mission

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