July 20, 1969: Lunar landing of Apollo 11

#OTD…Launch of Atlantis in 1989 to send the Magellan space probe to Venus

Using 21st century images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have reconstructed the view Neil Armstrong had outside the window of the Apollo 11 lunar module as he guided the spacecraft to a safe landing site on the moon 50 years ago.

#OTD in 2012…California welcomes Endeavour back to birth state for retirement