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{{short description|Anniversaries of the first human moon landing}}
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[[Engineering:Apollo 11|Apollo 11]] was the first [[Astronomy:Human spaceflight|human spaceflight]] to land on the [[Astronomy:Moon|Moon]]. In the decades after its 1969 mission took place, widespread celebrations have been held to celebrate its anniversaries.

==10th anniversary==

The Apollo 11 crew, [[Biography:Buzz Aldrin|Buzz Aldrin]], Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins, who had not appeared publicly since the 5th anniversary, participated in ceremonies in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 1979.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35913075/casper_startribune/|title=Exploration Takes a Back Seat to Space Exploitation|agency=UPI|newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune|location=Casper, Wyoming|date=July 3, 1979|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== 15th anniversary ==

A model rocket launch, closed to the public due to the explosives involved, occurred at Kennedy Space Center in 1984.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35875197/florida_today/|title=Launch of mini-Apollo 11 planned|date=July 15, 1984|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|page=1B|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== 20th anniversary ==
[[File:Apollo 11 20th anniversary logo (S89-20024).jpg|thumb|20th anniversary logo]]
On the 20th anniversary in 1989, President George H. W. Bush announced plans to return to the Moon and then to Mars, known as the [[Astronomy:Space Exploration Initiative|Space Exploration Initiative]] (SEI).<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/10/presidents-love-evoking-jfks-iconic-moon-speech-now-its-the-trump-administrations-turn/|title=Pence vows America will return to the moon. The history of such promises suggests otherwise|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 11, 2017|last1=Davenport|first1=Christian|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref>

The USPS released a stamp designed by Chris Calle, son of Paul Calle, the artist that designed the Apollo 11 stamp issued in 1969.<ref name=csstamps>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-032119a-usps-moon-landing-50th-stamps.html|title=US Postal Service reveals stamps for moon landing 50th anniversary|date=March 21, 2019|website=collectSPACE|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35913375/daily_press/|title=Collector's Voyage to Moon, Va.|last1=Ebeling|first1=Ashlea|newspaper=Daily Press|date=July 21, 1989|page=A8|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The $2.40 priority mail stamp depicts two astronauts planting a flag on the Moon. Living people cannot be featured on US stamps, but the faces of the astronauts are obscured by their visors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35913266/asbury_park_press/|title=Stamp recalls '69 moon step|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|date=June 4, 1989|page=141|last1=Brown|first1=George|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It was released July 20 at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35913436/the_boston_globe/|title=20 Years Later, Another 'Man on the Moon'|newspaper=The Boston Globe|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=May 14, 1989|page=74|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Faries|first1=Belmont}}</ref>

== 25th anniversary ==
[[File:Apollo 11 25th anniversary logo (S93-40314).jpg|thumb|25th anniversary logo]]
On July 16, 1994, NASA held a replay of the countdown and launched scale models of the Saturn rocket. The Apollo 11 astronauts declined to attend. They had attended the event five years prior.<ref name=courant>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35708273/the_couriernews/|title=Once Again, Apollo 11 has a liftoff|newspaper=The Courier-News|location=Bridgewater, New Jersey|date=July 17, 1994|page=A-6|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued two stamps, a 29 cent vertical stamp and a $9.95 express mail stamp,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35772761/the_orlando_sentinel/|title=Silver-Coin Set Salutes U.S. Vets|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|location=Orlando, Florida|date=July 23, 1994|page=G-4|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> to commemorate the anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35732262/the_orlando_sentinel/|title=Post Office Adds Its Stamps of Approval|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|location=Orlando, Florida|date=July 20, 1994|page=A-19|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The 29 cent stamp depicts an astronaut saluting a flag on the Moon; the express mail stamp shows a zoomed-out version of the same scene.<ref name=courant /> They were designed by Paul and Chris Calle.<ref name=courant /> The stamp design was unveiled July 20 by Aldrin in Washington.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35772806/hartford_courant/|title=Father, Son Put Their Stamps on Space|last1=Nakashima|first1=Ellen|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|date=July 21, 1994|page=D7|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The Apollo 11 crew accepted an invitation to the White House on July 21 to celebrate the event. President Bill Clinton, Vice President [[Biography:Al Gore|Al Gore]], First Lady Hillary Clinton, and other members of Apollo flight crews were among the attendees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35772783/the_orlando_sentinel/|title=Apollo Astronauts Put in an Appearance|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|location=Orlando, Florida|date=July 20, 1994|page=A-19|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

PBS released a documentary, ''Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35947551/chicago_tribune/|title=Wednesday Highlights|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=July 17, 1994|page=230|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== 30th anniversary ==
[[File:Apollo 11 30th anniversary press conference (KSC-99pp0849).jpg|thumb|Aldrin and Armstrong at a press conference in Mission Control for the anniversary]]
On the 30th anniversary in 1999, Vice-President [[Biography:Al Gore|Al Gore]] awarded the astronauts with the Langley Gold Medal for aviation. This was the twenty-second time the award had been given out.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/29967991/chicago_tribune/|title=Astronauts Honored on Mission Milestone|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=July 20, 1999|page=81|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/langley-medal-be-awarded-apollo-11-astronauts-30th-anniversary-their-mission|title=Langley Medal to be Awarded to Apollo 11 Astronauts on 30th Anniversary of Their Mission|website=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref> The ceremony was held at the National Air and Space Museum. On receiving the medal, Armstrong said, "We the Apollo 11 crew are enormously appreciative of being asked to receive this Langley Medal and we do so on behalf of all the men and women of the Apollo program."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35842486/edmonton_journal/|title=Apollo 11 Astronauts Recall Historic Flight|agency=Reuters|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|location=Edmonton, Alberta|date=July 21, 1999|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Armstrong attended a banquet at Kennedy Space Center but declined to sign autographs or make a speech. Aldrin attended the event as well; Collins declined, as he was retired.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35771218/the_morning_call/|title=One Small Step for Armstrong Would be to Talk|last1=Dunn|first1=Marcia|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Morning Call|location=Allentown, Pennsylvania|date=July 16, 1999|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Aldrin held a public briefing on July 17 at the center.<ref name=countdown />

The USPS issued a 33-cent stamp as part of a series of stamps that commemorated events that occurred in the 1960s.<ref name=csstamps /> The stamp, named "Man Walks on Moon", is Scott catalogue number 3188e, and depicts Aldrin's lunar bootprint.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stamps.org/Portals/0/albums/Space.pdf|title=Space on Stamps|page=15|website=American Philatelic Society|access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref> It was unveiled at Kennedy Space Center on July 17.<ref name=countdown />

Ground was broke at Kennedy Space Center for the Apollo Exhibit located in the U.S. Space Walk of Fame.<ref name=countdown>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35734154/florida_today/|title=3, 2, 1...Astronauts Launch Exhibit|last1=McCarthy|first1=John|newspaper=Florida Today|date=July 17, 1999|location=Cocoa, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|page=1B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35734251/florida_today/|title=Space Coast Prepares for Apollo 11 Anniversary|newspaper=Florida Today|date=June 13, 1999|location=Cocoa, Florida|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Donnelly|first1=Francis X.}}</ref>

The National Air and Space Museum added two new exhibits: Armstrong and Aldrin's helmet and gloves, and the ability to operate a camera inside of the lunar module, allowing visitors to see inside the cockpit for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasm.edu/apollo30th/a11nasm.htm|title=National Air and Space Museum Events & Activities|website=National Air and Space Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305182153/http://www.nasm.edu/apollo30th/a11nasm.htm|archive-date=March 5, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 21, Aldrin was a keynote speaker at the unveiling of a Moon rock at the base of the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois. This marked the first time NASA loaned a lunar sample to a private corporation rather than a school, museum, or planetarium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/35734377/chicago_tribune/|title=Sliver of Moon Brightens Michigan Avenue|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|last1=Manier|first1=Jeremy|date=July 22, 1999|page=197|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The rock was removed in 2011 due to an outdated display.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-09-28-chi-tribune-tower-moon-rock-gone-but-new-one-to-take-its-place-20110928-story.html|title=Tribune Tower moon rock gone, but new one to take its place|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref> A new rock display is planned but has not been installed {{asof|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenewchicagoan.com/chicago/tribune|title=How did Tribune Tower get all those stones?|website=The New Chicagoan|date=June 5, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Astronomy:USS Hornet (CV-12)|USS ''Hornet'']] held a ten-day event called Moonfest 1999 at the museum. The event included NASA exhibits and evening astronomy. Aldrin, along with Carl Seilberlich, captain of the ''Hornet'' during recovery operations, attended the event on the 24th, the anniversary of the day of the recovery.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35770603/the_californian/|title=Aircraft Carrier Marks 'Moonfest'|newspaper=The Californian|location=Salinas, California|date=July 17, 1999|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> 17,000 visitors attended the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uss-hornet.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Brief-Hornet-History.pdf|title=A Brief History of the USS Hornet Museum|page=3|website=USS Hornet Museum|access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref>

== 40th anniversary ==
[[File:President Obama Meets with Crew of Apollo 11 (200907200016HQ) (explored) DVIDS723610.jpg|thumb|President Obama meets with crew of Apollo 11]]
On July 15, 2009, Life.com released a photo gallery of previously unpublished photos of the astronauts taken by ''Life'' photographer Ralph Morse prior to the Apollo 11 launch.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://life.time.com/history/photos-up-close-with-apollo-11/#1 |title=LIFE: Up Close With Apollo 11 |magazine=Life |access-date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521161407/https://life.time.com/history/photos-up-close-with-apollo-11/ |archive-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref> From July 16 to 24, 2009, NASA streamed the original mission audio on its website in real time 40 years to the minute after the events occurred.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/apollo11_audio.html |title=Apollo 11 Onboard Audio |work=Apollo 40th Anniversary |publisher=NASA |access-date=June 14, 2013|date=July 26, 2013 }}</ref> In addition, it is in the process of restoring the video footage and has released a preview of key moments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11_hdpage.html |title=Apollo 11 Partial Restoration HD Videos (Downloads) |editor-last=Garner |editor-first=Robert |publisher=NASA |access-date=June 14, 2013|date=March 16, 2015 }}</ref> In July 2010, air-to-ground voice recordings and film footage shot in Mission Control during the Apollo 11 powered descent and landing was re-synchronized and released for the first time.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sound restored to mission control film shot during Apollo 11 Moon landing |first=Christopher |last=Riley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/jul/20/sound-apollo-11-moon-landing |work={{wipe|The Guardian}} |location=London |date=July 20, 2010 |access-date=July 11, 2013}}</ref> The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum set up an [[Software:Adobe Flash|Adobe Flash]] website that rebroadcasts the transmissions of Apollo 11 from launch to landing on the Moon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wechoosethemoon.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617230719/http://wechoosethemoon.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2009 |title=We Choose the Moon |publisher=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |access-date=July 19, 2009}}</ref>

On July 20, 2009, Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins met with U.S. President [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] at the White House.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1422.html |title=Apollo 11 Crew Meets With President Obama |date=July 20, 2009 |work=Image of the Day Gallery |publisher=NASA |access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> "We expect that there is, as we speak, another generation of kids out there who are looking up at the sky and are going to be the next Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin", Obama said. "We want to make sure that NASA is going to be there for them when they want to take their journey."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/science/space/21obama.html |work=The New York Times |first=Jeff |last=Zeleny |title=Obama Hails Apollo Crew From a Lens of Childhood |date=July 21, 2009}}</ref> On August 7, 2009, an act of Congress awarded the three astronauts a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award in the United States. The bill was sponsored by Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Florida Representative Alan Grayson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s951/text |title=Text of S.951 as Engrossed in Senate: New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act – U.S. Congress – OpenCongress |publisher=OpenCongress.org |access-date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103063854/https://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s951/text |archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2245/text |title=Text of H.R.2245 as Enrolled Bill: New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act – U.S. Congress – OpenCongress |publisher=OpenCongress.org |access-date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103064013/https://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2245/text |archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref>

A group of British scientists interviewed as part of the anniversary events reflected on the significance of the Moon landing:
{{blockquote|It was carried out in a technically brilliant way with risks taken&nbsp;... that would be inconceivable in the risk-averse world of today&nbsp;... The Apollo programme is arguably the greatest technical achievement of mankind to date&nbsp;... nothing since Apollo has come close [to] the excitement that was generated by those astronauts – Armstrong, Aldrin and the 10 others who followed them.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Moon landings: British scientists salute space heroes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5848707/Moon-landings-British-scientists-salute-space-heroes.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=July 17, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308224145/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5848707/Moon-landings-British-scientists-salute-space-heroes.html |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |df=mdy}}</ref>}}

== 45th anniversary ==

On July 21, 2014, the Kennedy Space Center Operations and Checkout building was renamed for Armstrong. Aldrin and Collins attended the ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35947047/florida_today/|title=Neil Armstrong Legacy Adds Honor|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|date=July 22, 2014|page=A1|last1=Dean|first1=James|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== 50th anniversary ==
{{further|Astronomy:Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins}}
On June 10, 2015, Congressman Bill Posey introduced resolution H.R. 2726 to the 114th session of the United States House of Representatives directing the United States Mint to design and sell commemorative coins in gold, silver and clad for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. On January 24, 2019, the Mint released the [[Astronomy:Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins|Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins]] to the public on its website.<ref>{{USPL|114|282}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/commemorative-coins/apollo-11-50th-anniversary|title=Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program|website=United States Mint|date=October 11, 2018 |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref>

The USPS created two forever stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the mission. The stamps were designed by Antonio Alcalá.<ref name=stamps.org>{{cite web|url=https://stamps.org/Blog/post/50-year-anniversary-of-moon-landing|title=Commemorative Stamps Celebrate the 50 Year Anniversary of the Moon Landing|date=July 20, 2019|website=American Philatelic Society|access-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> One stamp features the famous image that Armstrong took of Aldrin, with Armstrong visible in Aldrin's faceplate's reflection. The other stamp shows an image of the Moon, taken by Gregory H. Revera,<ref name=stamps.org /> with the Apollo 11 landing site highlighted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-us-postal-service-is-issuing-first-moon-landing-forever-stamps|title=The U.S. Postal Service is Issuing First Moon Landing Forever Stamps|date=May 28, 2019|last1=Dunbar|first1=Brian|access-date=September 7, 2019|website=NASA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/usps-apollo-11-anniversary-stamps.html|title=US Postal Service Celebrates Apollo 11 Moon Landing with 'Forever' Stamps|last1=Howell|first1=Elizabeth|website=Space.com|date=July 20, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> The stamps were unveiled at Kennedy Space Center on July 19. Apollo 9 astronaut [[Biography:Rusty Schweickart|Rusty Schweickart]] was among the celebrities present.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/two-u.s.-stamps-celebrate-apollo-11-moon-mission-on-its-50th-anniversary|title=Two U.S. stamps celebrate 'Apollo 11' moon mission on its 50th anniversary|date=June 27, 2019|website=Linn's Stamp News|access-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref>

The Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum and [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] sponsored the “Apollo 50 Festival” on the National Mall in Washington DC.  The three day (July 18 to 20, 2019) outdoor festival featured hands-on exhibits and activities, live performances, and speakers such as [[Biography:Adam Savage|Adam Savage]] and NASA scientists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/apollo-50-festival|title=Apollo 50 Festival|website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Apollo 11 projected on the washington monument.jpg|thumb|left|upright|A photo taken during the Apollo 11 50th anniversary show of the Apollo 11 rocket projected on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on July 20, 2019]]
As part of the festival was a projection of the {{Convert|363|ft|adj=on}} tall [[Engineering:Saturn V|Saturn V]] rocket on the east face of the {{Convert|555|ft|adj=on}} tall Washington Monument from July 16 through the 20th from 9:30{{Nbsp}}pm until 11:30{{Nbsp}}pm (EDT). There was also a 17-minute show that combined full-motion video projected on the Washington Monument to recreate the assembly and launch of the [[Engineering:Saturn V|Saturn V]] rocket. The projection was combined with a {{convert|40|ft|adj=on}} wide recreation of the Kennedy Space Center countdown clock and two large video screens showing archival footage to recreate the time leading up to the Moon landing. The shows were at 9:30{{Nbsp}}pm, 10:30{{Nbsp}}pm, and 11:30{{Nbsp}}pm on Friday, July 19, and Saturday, July 20, with the 10:30{{Nbsp}}pm show on Saturday delayed slightly so the portion of the show where Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon would happen exactly 50 years to the second after the actual event (10:56:15 EDT).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon|title=Apollo 50 Go For the Moon|website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref>

A documentary film, ''Apollo 11'', with restored footage of the 1969 event, premiered in [[IMAX]] on March 1, 2019, and broadly in theaters on March 8.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |title='Apollo 11' Review: The 1969 Moon Mission Still Has the Power to Thrill |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/movies/apollo-11-review.html |date=February 27, 2019 |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/apollo-11-documentary-imax-release-1203138469/|title='Apollo 11' Documentary Gets Exclusive Imax Release|magazine=Variety|date=February 13, 2019|last1=Rubin|first1=Rebecca|access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>

On July 19, 2019, the Google Doodle paid tribute to the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, complete with a link to an animated [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] video with voiceover by astronaut Michael Collins.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/doodles/50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing |title=50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing |access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.space.com/apollo-11-google-doodle-michael-collins-video.html|title=Google (and Apollo 11's Michael Collins) Celebrate Moon Landing's 50th with EPIC Google Doodle|last1=Bartels|first1=Meghan|website=Space.com|date=July 19, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>

[[Biography:Buzz Aldrin|Buzz Aldrin]], Michael Collins, Rick Armstrong (Neil's son), Mark Armstrong (Rick's son), and others were hosted by President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.<ref>{{cite news |first=Marcia |last=Dunn |title=Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot |publisher=ABC |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/trump-marks-apollo-11-anniversary-meeting-astronauts-64439860 |access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref> Trump had also honored Aldrin, [[Biography:Gene Kranz|Gene Kranz]], and the Apollo 11 mission in the 2019 State of the Union Address and the 2019 Salute to America event at the National Mall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remarks by President Trump in State of the Union Address |date=February 5, 2019 |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-state-union-address-2/ |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-salute-america/|date=4 July 2019|access-date=5 July 2019|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|title=Remarks by President Trump at a Salute to America}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Astronomy:Apollo 11 in popular culture|Apollo 11 in popular culture]]

== References ==
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