This Day In Space History: August 11

1960

https://www.space.com/37183-today-in-space.html
The satellite Discoverer 13 becomes the first space capsule to be recovered from Earth's orbit. It landed in the Pacific Ocean, was airlifted by a Navy helicopter to a ship to Pearl Harbor.

1962

http://www.yearinspace.com/the-week-in-space
The USSR launches Vostok 3.

1989

Voyager 2 discovers Neptune's partial rings.

read the news report here: http://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/11/Voyager-2-discovers-partial-rings-around-Neptune/5083618811200/

1999

http://www.onthisday.com/events/august/11

A total solar eclipse is seen in much of the northern hemisphere for a total of 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

For a complete list of today’s Space History, see  http://www.astronautix.com/a/august11.html