OTD…Sept. 8 and STS-106

Scott Carpenter launched atop an Atlas rocket to become the second American to orbit the Earth today in 1962, flying for 4 hours and 39 minutes aboard Aurora 7 while making three revolutions of the globe.

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

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