TodayOn this dayDecember 11
On this day
Good news on December 11.
Positive things that happened on December 11, with 3 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Verified milestones
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1919
On December 11, 1919, the people of Enterprise, Alabama, put up a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that ruined their cotton and pushed them to grow other crops and build factories.
For a read-aloud. A town built a monument to a pest because the trouble pushed them to try new work.
1972
Apollo 17 landed on the Moon on December 11, 1972, at Taurus-Littrow. NASA calls the flight the last lunar landing mission.
For a read-aloud. Apollo 17 landed on the Moon, the last Apollo crew to do so.
2022
On December 11, 2022, NASA's uncrewed Artemis I spacecraft splashed down off the coast of San Diego after flying around the Moon. The test lasted 25 days, 10 hours, and 53 minutes.
For a read-aloud. A spacecraft without a crew splashed down after a long practice flight around the Moon.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- What problem forced people to try a new way of living, and what good came of it?
- What would you want a spacecraft to practice before people climb aboard?
From the archive
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