OTD…Aug. 10 and STS-105

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

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched with the first Spacehab module and retrieval of the European EURECA satellite