July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home

Two days after becoming the first U.S. space fliers to splash down in the sea in more than 45 years, astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on Tuesday described their fiery ride back to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to cap a “flawless” test flight, setting the stage for operational flights beginning later this year.

#OTD in 1983…Challenger launched with America’s first woman astronaut. Watch the launch:

#OTD in 1997…Cassini was launched on its billion-mile trek to Saturn