OTD…June 8 and STS-117

#OTD in 1985…Atlantis launched on her maiden voyage as a new orbiter joined the shuttle fleet

#OTD in 1990…Discovery launched the Ulysses probe bound for the sun

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.