OTD

#OTD in 2007…The launch of Atlantis with a power truss for International Space Station

#OTD in 1991…The launch of Columbia on Spacelab Life Sciences 1 mission

#OTD in 1998…The launch of Discovery on final shuttle-Mir docking mission

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station

#OTD…In 2009, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission launched

#OTD…The maiden launch of shuttle Endeavour in 1992 to rescue the Intelsat 603 satellite

#OTD…Launch of Atlantis in 1989 to send the Magellan space probe to Venus

OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1993 on the second flight of the German Spacelab