This Day in History 12/19/20

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on December 19th. Most Americans are familiar with the July 1969 footage of the Apollo lunar landing, when NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. But you might not know that the Apollo program continued for another three years. On this day in 1972, Apollo 17 became the last of America’s six crewed lunar landing missions to land safely back on Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices