OTD…Sept. 16 and STS-79

US-French-Saudi crew launched aboard Discovery with a multi-satellite payload

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 2008, the launch of Endeavour on STS-123.