OTD – Page 3 – Spaceflight Now

Today in 1996…The launch of Columbia and the ill-fated Tethered Satellite System. Watch the liftoff:

Today in 1971…The launch of Apollo 14 to Fra Mauro with Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell.

Today in 1986…Space shuttle Challenger and her seven astronaut crew were lost during launch.

Today in 1967…The astronauts of Apollo 1 lost their lives in a launch pad fire.

#OTD in 1985…Discovery launched on the first classified space shuttle mission for the Department of Defense. Watch the liftoff:

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

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched a new NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

#OTD in 1990…Columbia launched to retrieve NASA’s Long duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) on the longest Shuttle flight to date.

#OTD in 1985…Challenger launched the first German Spacelab

#OTD in 1998…Discovery launched John Glenn’s return to space