OTD…Oct. 5 and STS-41G

#OTD in 1983…Challenger launched with America’s first woman astronaut. Watch the launch:

VIDEO: The winged spaceship Columbia returned to Earth with a pinpoint landing at Edwards Air Force Base on this day 35 years ago, concluding the maiden flight of the space shuttle.

#OTD in 2005…Discovery launched on the first space shuttle mission after the Columbia tragedy