1960
https://www.space.com/37183-today-in-space.htmlThe 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-spaceThe 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
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
