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#FunFact STS-61C launched on a 6-day mission #OTD in 1986, carrying not 1, but 2 astronauts who would later become NASA Administrators: Pilot Charles Bolden @cboldenjr and Mission Specialist Bill Nelson @SenBillNelson. #NASAhistory
Fun Fact: the crew of Apollo 17 included the first astronaut without a military pilot background -- Harrison "Jack" Schmitt is the only geologist to gather samples off world.
