OTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort

#OTD in 1995…Endeavour launched to deploy and retrieve solar satellite and Wake Shield Facility

The first crew to inhabit Skylab — Conrad, Weitz and Kerwin — launched today in 1973 for a 28-day mission that successfully made critical repairs, brought the station into operation and conducted solar astronomy, Earth resources and medical experiments.

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched a new NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.