On this day in 1969 - July 24th - the crew of Apollo 11 returned safely to Earth.

President John F. Kennedy's goal "of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" had been achieved "before this decade is out", though he didn't live to see it.


Mona Evans
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