OTD – Page 8 – Spaceflight Now

#OTD in 2001…Atlantis launched the Quest airlock module to the International Space Station

#OTD in 1994…Columbia launched on a Spacelab microgravity flight

#OTD in 2006…A star-spangled start to Discovery’s STS-121 mission

#OTD in 1997…Columbia launched on the reflight of her shortened Microgravity Science Laboratory mission

#OTD in 1982…Columbia launches on the fourth space shuttle mission. #OTD in 1995…Atlantis launches on first shuttle-Mir docking flight

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launches on the first Extended Duration Orbiter mission

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched with the first Spacehab module and retrieval of the European EURECA satellite

#OTD in 1996…Columbia launched on a life sciences and microgravity flight.

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

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