OTD…July 15 and STS-127

Scott Carpenter launched atop an Atlas rocket to become the second American to orbit the Earth today in 1962, flying for 4 hours and 39 minutes aboard Aurora 7 while making three revolutions of the globe.

Shuttle Endeavour launched for the 25th and final time on this date in 2011.

#OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1990 with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe!