OTD…July 23 and STS-93

Today in 1969, the launch of Apollo 9 and the first manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit.

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 1984…Challenger launched the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite