OTD…April 24 and the birth of Hubble

#OTD in 1990…Discovery launched the Ulysses probe bound for the sun

Mankind’s first landing on the Moon and stepping foot on the lunar surface occurred today in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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