On This Date…March 13 and STS-29

Mankind’s first landing on the Moon and stepping foot on the lunar surface occurred today in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

#OTD in 1994, the launch of Columbia on the STS-62 microgravity research mission

#OTD in 2012…Kennedy Space Center bid final farewell to Endeavour