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VideoOTD…July 8 and STS-65 and STS-135
#OTD in 1994...Columbia launched on a Spacelab microgravity flight
Next GPS satellite moves closer to launch date
Joining the payload with its ride to space, United Launch Alliance crews today placed the next Global Positioning System satellite atop an Atlas 5 rocket for blastoff July 15.
VideoOTD…July 1 and STS-94
#OTD in 1997...Columbia launched on the reflight of her shortened Microgravity Science Laboratory mission
Preps begin for summer’s third planned military space launch
Tucked inside a shipping crate aboard an Air Force C-5 transport aircraft, the Navy's next mobile communications satellite has flown from California to Florida in preparation for liftoff this summer.
VideoOTD…June 27 and STS-4 and STS-71
#OTD in 1982...Columbia launches on the fourth space shuttle mission. #OTD in 1995...Atlantis launches on first shuttle-Mir docking flight
VideoOTD…June 25 and STS-50
#OTD in 1992...Columbia launches on the first Extended Duration Orbiter mission
Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket starts
Beginning its fourth launch campaign of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has started stacking the vehicle that will boost a satellite 11,000 miles high for the Global Positioning System.
VideoOTD…June 21 and STS-57
#OTD in 1993...Endeavour launched with the first Spacehab module and retrieval of the European EURECA satellite
VideoOTD…June 20 and STS-78 and NROL-38
#OTD in 1996...Columbia launched on a life sciences and microgravity flight.