OTD…April 29 and STS-51B

Apollo 16 launched to the Descartes Highlands of the moon on this day in 1972 with John Young, Charlie Duke and Ken Mattingly.

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

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.