OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD in 1983…Challenger lifts off on the first nighttime shuttle launch…and Discovery launches on her inaugural Spaceflight

#OTD in 1992…Discovery launched with the first International Microgravity Laboratory.

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