OTD…Aug. 28 and STS-128

#OTD…Launch of a 1993 environmental mission on Discovery and Atlantis’ ISS flight in 2002

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 1994, the launch of Columbia on the STS-62 microgravity research mission