OTD…Aug. 2 and STS-43

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

#OTD…The maiden launch of shuttle Endeavour in 1992 to rescue the Intelsat 603 satellite

#OTD in 1998…The launch of Discovery on final shuttle-Mir docking mission