OTD in 1981, a new era began with the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle, STS-1. […]
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OTD in 1986, shuttle Columbia might have launched into the night on a mission to survey Halley’s Comet. Tragically, the loss of Challenger a few weeks earlier changed all that. […] 
OTD in 1994, shuttle Columbia flew an ambitious 14-day mission to prepare for @Space_Station. […] 
25yrs ago today, shuttle Columbia faced a possibly emergency, only seconds after liftoff. For STS-75 CDR Andy Allen, it was like a bad run in the simulator. […] 
40yrs ago today, with a lion-like roar, Columbia came alive in a major test before the first Space Shuttle mission. […] 
OTD in 2003, shuttle Columbia & her STS-107 crew were lost during their return to Earth. Today, AmericaSpace & the world remembers them. […] 
@NASA, @Boeing & @AerojetRDyne wrap up final Green Run test of @NASA_SLS Core Stage on anniversary of Columbia’s last launch. […] 
OTD in 1990, Columbia launched STS-32, a mission which ticked off almost everything the shuttle could do: satellite deployment, retrieval, rendezvous & long-duration flight. And a highly classified birthday, too. […] 
35yrs ago this week, as storm-clouds of foreboding gathered ahead of the Challenger tragedy, a crew of Columbia escaped disaster not one, but twice. […] 
OTD in 1990 (after a summer of delays & with PLT Guy Gardner’s hair smoothly combed), #Columbia flew the long-delayed ASTRO-1 mission to study the Universe. […] |
 Next Launch Landsat 9 on a Atlas V 401 rocket from Vandenberg AFB, CA scheduled for: 27 Sep 21 at 18:11 GMT 27 Sep 21 at 11:11am Pacific 27 Sep 21 at 2:11pm Eastern 
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