OTD…July 29 and STS-51F

#OTD…in 1996, Atlantis launched to Russia’s space station Mir

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched a new NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific today in 1969, fulfilling President Kennedy’s challenge to a nation of landing a man to the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.