Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Celebrations - In Photos
Fifty years after NASA's history-making voyage to the moon, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins are celebrated with Lego, light shows and exhibits. Take a look at the pictures...
Fifty years after NASA's history-making voyage to the moon, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins are celebrated with Lego, light shows and exhibits. Take a look at the pictures...The group Duran Duran performs in the rocket garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Center, an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Image: Reuters)
Lego master builders assemble a life-size Apollo 11 astronaut model made of LEGO pieces in this still image taken from an undated video obtained by Reuters. (Image: Reuters)
An image of a 363-foot Saturn V rocket is projected on the east face of the Washington Monument in Washington. (Image: AP)
Guests take a selfie photo in front of a new statue of the the Apollo 11 astronauts, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex during celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in Florida. (Image: AP)
NASA employees and members of the Apollo Era pose for a photo in front of Building 1 commemorating the launch of Apollo 11 in Houston. (Image: AP)
A group of campers and visitors launch their paper rockets into the air during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch in Texas. (Image: AP)
A detailed replica of the Lunar Rover Vehicle, driven on the Moon during the last three Apollo missions, glides down the avenue during the astronaut parade near the launch site of the Apollo 11 Moon mission ahead of its 50th anniversary in Florida. (Image: Reuters)
Dr. Edwin Buzz" Aldrin, one of the first astronauts to walk on the moon, and Flexjet Challenger 300 Captain Travis Church spend time in the cockpit before flying to Huntsville, AL for an Apollo 11 homecoming celebration in California. (Image: AP)
Guests look over a Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Image: AP)
A young space enthusiast runs out to shake hands with astronaut Jim Wetherbee during a parade near the launch site of the Apollo 11 Moon mission ahead of its 50th anniversary in Florida. (Image: Reuters)
A boy plays with a toy space helmet as he arrives as one of the first visitors to view Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit after it is unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington. (Image: AP)
A visitor watches footage from the moon landing in a recreated 1960s-style living room on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch at the Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit in Washington. (Image: Reuters)
Dane Hartmann of Portland looks at Buzz Aldrin's extra-vehicular gloves at the Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit in Washington. (Image: Reuters)
The moon is visible through clouds as an image of a 363-foot Saturn V rocket is projected on the east face of the Washington Monument in Washington. (Image: AP)
Guests pass by an exhibit under the nose of a Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. (Image: AP)
A full-size mockup of the Apollo lunar module, which carried astronauts from orbit to the MoonÕs surface, is seen mounted on the ceiling as people visit the Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit at the Museum of Flight in Washington. (Image: Reuters)
A boy launches a stomp rocket into the air during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch for campers and visitors at the Children's Museum of Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas. (Image: AP)
The moon is visible through clouds as an image of a 363-foot Saturn V rocket is projected on the east face of the Washington Monument in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in Washington. (Image: AP)
Space enthusiasts Andrea Martin and Todd Parker, who refer to themselves as 'Ground Control and Major Tom', watch the astronaut parade near the launch site of the Apollo 11 Moon mission ahead of its 50th anniversary in Florida. (Image: Reuters)
Guests look over a Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida during celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. (Image: AP)
