OTD…April 17 and STS-90

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

American and Soviet crews were launched today in 1975 for the first handshakes in space between the two superpowers as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

#OTD in 1995…Endeavour launched to deploy and retrieve solar satellite and Wake Shield Facility