July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home

July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home

Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11 astronauts returned home and splashed down in the Pacific on July 24, 1969. In a historically momentous trip, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had become the first people to step onto the Moon. (The third member of theirContinue reading "July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home" The post July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home appeared first on Astronomy Magazine.