On This Date…March 13 and STS-29

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

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station

#OTD…The first launch of Challenger in 1983 and Columbia’s shortened Spacelab mission in 1997