1998 – The first successful surgeries in space using six 3-week-old rats as subjects aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-90.

1990 – After launching the Hubble Space Telescope, Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-31, lands at Kennedy Space Center.

STS-31 Discovery Lands at KSC

1985 – Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51B, for a week long mission for Spacelab 3. Crew: Commander, Robert F. Overmyer; Pilot, Frederick D. Gregory; Mission Specialists, Don L. Lind, Norman E. Thagard, William E. Thornton; Payload Specialists: Lodewijk van den Berg, Taylor G. Wang.