July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launches on the first Extended Duration Orbiter mission

#OTD…Launch of Challenger in 1985 on a Spacelab research flight

John W. “Jack” King, the calm, reassuring “Voice of NASA” who held the world riveted as he counted down the final seconds of the Apollo 11 launch to the moon, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 84.