Editing Apollo 11 (section)

== Legacy ==

=== Cultural significance ===
{{main|Apollo 11 in popular culture}}
[[File:Land on the Moon 7 21 1969-repair.jpg|thumb|A girl holding ''[[The Washington Post]]'' newspaper stating "'The Eagle Has Landed' – Two Men Walk on the Moon"]]
Humans walking on the Moon and returning safely to Earth accomplished Kennedy's goal set eight years earlier. In Mission Control during the Apollo 11 landing, Kennedy's speech flashed on the screen, followed by the words "TASK ACCOMPLISHED, July 1969".<ref name="Launius" /> The success of Apollo 11 demonstrated the United States' technological superiority;<ref name="Launius">{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/Apollomon/Apollo.html|last1=Launius|first1=Roger D.|access-date=July 19, 2023|title= Project Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101051/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollomon/Apollo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and with the success of Apollo 11, America had won the [[Space Race]].{{sfn|Chaikin|2007|page=57}}{{sfn|Schefter|1999|p=288}}

New phrases permeated into the English language. "If they can send a man to the Moon, why can't they&nbsp;...?" became a common saying following Apollo 11.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Washington Post |title=We Put a Man on the Moon, So Why Can't We ...? |first1=David |last1=Beard |first2=Nick |last2=Kirkpatrick |date=July 17, 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/07/17/we-put-a-man-on-the-moon-so-why-cant-we/?noredirect=on |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626111712/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/07/17/we-put-a-man-on-the-moon-so-why-cant-we/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}</ref> Armstrong's words on the lunar surface also spun off various parodies.{{sfn|Chaikin|2007|page=57}}

While most people celebrated the accomplishment, disenfranchised Americans saw it as a symbol of the divide in America, evidenced by protesters led by [[Ralph Abernathy]] outside of Kennedy Space Center the day before Apollo 11 launched.{{sfn|Schefter|1999|p=283}} NASA Administrator [[Thomas O. Paine|Thomas Paine]] met with Abernathy at the occasion, both hoping that the space program can spur progress also in other regards, such as poverty in the US.<ref name="Niiler 2019"/> Paine was then asked, and agreed, to host protesters as spectators at the launch,<ref name="Niiler 2019"/> and Abernathy, awestruck by the spectacle,{{sfn|Brooks|Grimwood|Swenson|1979|p=338}} prayed for the astronauts.<ref name="Niiler 2019">{{cite web | last=Niiler | first=Eric | title=Why Civil Rights Activists Protested the Moon Landing | website=HISTORY | date=July 11, 2019 | url=https://www.history.com/.amp/news/apollo-11-moon-landing-launch-protests | access-date=November 10, 2021}}</ref> Racial and financial inequalities frustrated citizens who wondered why money spent on the Apollo program was not spent taking care of humans on Earth. A poem by [[Gil Scott-Heron]] called "[[Whitey on the Moon]]" (1970) illustrated the [[racial inequality in the United States]] that was highlighted by the Space Race.{{sfn|Chaikin|2007|p=57}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/gil-scott-herons-poem-whitey-on-the-moon/239622/|title=Gil Scott-Heron's Poem, 'Whitey on the Moon'|last1=Madrigal|first1=Alexis C.|date=May 28, 2011|access-date=January 3, 2019|magazine=The Atlantic|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216114355/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/gil-scott-herons-poem-whitey-on-the-moon/239622/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whitey">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthis-chiroux/whitey-on-the-moon-again_b_1188220.html|title=Whitey on the Moon, Again?|date=March 11, 2012|last1=Chiroux|first1=Matthis|publisher=[[Huffington Post]] |access-date=January 3, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105091157/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthis-chiroux/whitey-on-the-moon-again_b_1188220.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The poem starts with:

{{Poemquote|A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be paying still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
[...]<ref name="whitey" />}}

Twenty percent of the world's population watched humans walk on the Moon for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=The Apollo 11 Mission Was Also a Global Media Sensation |first=Tiffany |last=Hsu  |date=July 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/business/media/apollo-11-television-media.html |access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref> While Apollo 11 sparked the interest of the world, the follow-on Apollo missions did not hold the interest of the nation.<ref name="Launius" /> One possible explanation was the shift in complexity. Landing someone on the Moon was an easy goal to understand; lunar geology was too abstract for the average person. Another is that Kennedy's goal of landing humans on the Moon had already been accomplished.{{sfn|Chaikin|2007|p=58}} A well-defined objective helped Project Apollo accomplish its goal, but after it was completed it was hard to justify continuing the lunar missions.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/ch14-7.html|title=Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions|journal=NASA Special Publication|volume=494|pages=420|last1=Compton|first1=William David|bibcode=1989NASSP.494..420C|year=1989|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626193736/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/ch14-7.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.com/topics/space-exploration/apollo-11|title=Apollo 11|publisher=History|date=August 23, 2018|access-date=January 3, 2019|archive-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104133330/https://www.history.com/topics/space-exploration/apollo-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

While most Americans were proud of their nation's achievements in space exploration, only once during the late 1960s did the [[Gallup Poll]] indicate that a majority of Americans favored "doing more" in space as opposed to "doing less". By 1973, 59 percent of those polled favored cutting spending on space exploration. The Space Race had been won, and Cold War tensions were easing as the US and Soviet Union entered the era of [[détente]]. This was also a time when inflation was rising, which put pressure on the government to reduce spending. What saved the space program was that it was one of the few government programs that had achieved something great. Drastic cuts, warned [[Caspar Weinberger]], the deputy director of the [[Office of Management and Budget]], might send a signal that "our best years are behind us".{{sfn|McCurdy|1997|pp=106–107}}

After the Apollo 11 mission, officials from the Soviet Union said landing humans on the Moon was dangerous and unnecessary. At the time the Soviet Union was attempting to retrieve lunar samples robotically. The Soviets publicly denied there was a race to the Moon, and indicated they were not making an attempt.{{sfn|Chaikin|1994|p=631}} [[Mstislav Keldysh]] said in July 1969, "We are concentrating wholly on the creation of large satellite systems." It was revealed in 1989 that the Soviets had tried to send people to the Moon, but were unable due to technological difficulties.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/18/us/russians-finally-admit-they-lost-race-to-moon.html|title=Russians Finally Admit They Lost Race to Moon|last1=Wilford|first1=John Noble|date=December 18, 1989|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113113539/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/18/us/russians-finally-admit-they-lost-race-to-moon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The public's reaction in the Soviet Union was mixed. The Soviet government limited the release of information about the lunar landing, which affected the reaction. A portion of the populace did not give it any attention, and another portion was angered by it.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/apollo-moon-khrushchev/|title=The Moon Landing through Soviet Eyes: A Q&A with Sergei Khrushchev, son of former premier Nikita Khrushchev|magazine=Scientific American|date=July 16, 2009|access-date=January 7, 2019|last1=Das|first1=Saswato R.|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225085952/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/apollo-moon-khrushchev/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Apollo 11 landing is referenced in the songs "Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins" by [[the Byrds]] on the 1969 album ''[[Ballad of Easy Rider (album)|Ballad of Easy Rider]]'', "Coon on the Moon" by [[Howlin' Wolf]] on the 1973 album ''[[The Back Door Wolf]]'', and "[[Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer#One Small Step|One Small Step]]" by [[Ayreon]] on the 2000 album ''[[Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer]]''.
=== Spacecraft ===

[[File:Apollo 11 Kommandomodul "Columbia".jpg|thumb|left|[[Command Module Columbia|''Columbia'']] on display in the Milestones of Flight exhibition hall at the [[National Air and Space Museum]]]]

The [[Command Module Columbia|command module ''Columbia'']] went on a tour of the United States, visiting 49 state capitals, the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], and [[Anchorage, Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last Time the Command Module ''Columbia'' Toured |date=February 25, 2017 |first=Allan |last=Needell |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/last-time-command-module-columbia-toured |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum |access-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101145215/https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/last-time-command-module-columbia-toured |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1971, it was transferred to the [[Smithsonian Institution]], and was displayed at the [[National Air and Space Museum]] (NASM) in Washington, DC.<ref name=SIColumbia/> It was in the central ''Milestones of Flight'' exhibition hall in front of the Jefferson Drive entrance, sharing the main hall with other pioneering flight vehicles such as the ''[[Wright Flyer]]'', ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]'', [[Bell X-1]], [[North American X-15]] and ''[[Friendship 7]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/about/history/museum-dc |title=Museum in DC |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum |access-date=September 25, 2018 |date=May 3, 2016 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111064813/https://airandspace.si.edu/about/history/museum-dc |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Columbia'' was moved in 2017 to the NASM Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] in Chantilly, Virginia, to be readied for a four-city tour titled ''Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission''. This included [[Space Center Houston]] from October 14, 2017, to March 18, 2018, the [[Saint Louis Science Center]] from April 14 to September 3, 2018, the Senator John [[Heinz History Center]] in [[Pittsburgh]] from September 29, 2018, to February 18, 2019, and its last location at [[Museum of Flight]] in [[Seattle]] from March 16 to September 2, 2019.<ref name=SIColumbia>{{cite web|title=Apollo 11 Command Module ''Columbia''|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/command-module-apollo-11|website=[[Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720224030/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/command-module-apollo-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/apollo-11-artifacts-go-tour-180962247/#vdLWIR4Sfofhv24g.99 |title=Apollo 11 Moonship To Go On Tour |first=Rebecca |last=Maksel |magazine=Air and Space Magazine |date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827214927/http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/apollo-11-artifacts-go-tour-180962247/#vdLWIR4Sfofhv24g.99 |url-status=live }}</ref> Continued renovations at the Smithsonian allowed time for an additional stop for the capsule, and it was moved to the [[Cincinnati Museum Center]]. The ribbon cutting ceremony was on September 29, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-093019a-destination-moon-cincinnati-museum.html|title=Neil Armstrong's sons help open exhibit of father's spacecraft in Ohio|date=September 30, 2019|website=collectSPACE|access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301034818/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-093019a-destination-moon-cincinnati-museum.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

For 40 years Armstrong's and Aldrin's space suits were displayed in the museum's ''Apollo to the Moon'' exhibit,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-moon|title=Apollo to the Moon|website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum|access-date=September 25, 2018|date=March 20, 2003|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025805/https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-moon|url-status=live}}</ref> until it permanently closed on December 3, 2018, to be replaced by a new gallery which was scheduled to open in 2022. A special display of Armstrong's suit was unveiled for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-113018a-nasm-apollo-moon-closure.html |title='Apollo to the Moon' no more: Air and Space Museum closes gallery |website=collectSPACE |access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225233644/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-113018a-nasm-apollo-moon-closure.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-moon-spacesuit/neil-armstrongs-apollo-11-spacesuit-unveiled-at-smithsonian-idUSKCN1UB2GX|title=Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit unveiled at Smithsonian|website=Reuters|date=July 16, 2019|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126094418/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-moon-spacesuit/neil-armstrongs-apollo-11-spacesuit-unveiled-at-smithsonian-idUSKCN1UB2GX|url-status=live}}</ref> The quarantine trailer, the flotation collar and the flotation bags are in the Smithsonian's [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] annex near [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] in Chantilly, Virginia, where they are on display along with a test lunar module.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/mobile-quarantine-facility|title=Mobile Quarantine Facility|website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum|access-date=September 30, 2018|date=March 20, 2016|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810075621/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/mobile-quarantine-facility|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/flotation-collar-apollo-11|title=Apollo 11 Flotation Collar|website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum|access-date=September 30, 2018|date=March 20, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809001701/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/flotation-collar-apollo-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/national-air-and-space-museum-moves-apollo-artifact-future-home|title=National Air and Space Museum Moves Apollo Artifact to Future Home|website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum|access-date=September 25, 2018|date=September 15, 2015|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023205740/https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/national-air-and-space-museum-moves-apollo-artifact-future-home|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:ArmstrongSuit.jpg|left|thumb|Armstrong's space suit on display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]] in its new exhibit]]
The descent stage of the LM ''Eagle'' remains on the Moon. In 2009, the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] (LRO) imaged the various Apollo landing sites on the surface of the Moon, for the first time with sufficient resolution to see the descent stages of the lunar modules, scientific instruments, and foot trails made by the astronauts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html |title=LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites |publisher=NASA |access-date=September 25, 2018 |date=July 17, 2009 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215074327/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The remains of the ascent stage are assumed to lie at an unknown location on the lunar surface. The ascent stage,  ''Eagle'', was not tracked after it was jettisoned.  The lunar gravity field is sufficiently non-uniform to make low Moon orbits unstable after a short time, leading the orbiting object to impact the surface.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/location/lm.cfm?dom=pscau |title=Location of Apollo Lunar Modules |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum |access-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080107/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/location/lm.cfm?dom=pscau |url-status=live }}</ref> However, using a program developed by NASA, and high-resolution lunar gravity data, a paper was published, in 2021, indicating that ''Eagle'' might still be in orbit as late as 2020. Using the orbital elements published by NASA, a [[Monte Carlo method]] was used to generate parameter sets that bracket the uncertainties in these elements. All simulations, of the orbit, predicted that ''Eagle'' would never impact the lunar surface.<ref name="Impact">{{cite journal |last1=Meador |first1=James |title=Long-term orbit stability of the Apollo 11 "Eagle" Lunar Module Ascent Stage |journal=Planetary and Space Science |date=October 2021 |volume=205 |pages=105304 |doi=10.1016/j.pss.2021.105304|arxiv=2105.10088 |bibcode=2021P&SS..20505304M |s2cid=235125876  |issn = 0032-0633}}</ref>

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In March 2012 a team of specialists financed by [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] founder [[Jeff Bezos]] located the [[Rocketdyne F-1|F-1 engines]] from the S-IC stage that launched Apollo 11 into space. They were found on the Atlantic seabed using advanced sonar scanning.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazon boss Jeff Bezos 'finds Apollo 11 Moon engines' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17544565 |publisher=BBC News |location=London |date=March 28, 2012 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112000849/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17544565 |url-status=live }}</ref> His team brought parts of two of the five engines to the surface. In July 2013, a conservator discovered a serial number under the rust on one of the engines raised from the Atlantic, which NASA confirmed was from Apollo 11.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2013/07/19/bezos-expeditions-retrieves-and-identifies-apollo-11-engine-5-nasa-confirms-identity/ |title=Bezos Expeditions retrieves and identifies Apollo 11 engine #5, NASA confirms identity |last=Kolawole |first=Emi |date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=February 13, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115192857/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2013/07/19/bezos-expeditions-retrieves-and-identifies-apollo-11-engine-5-nasa-confirms-identity/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26447397/albuquerque_journal/|title=Apollo 11 engine find confirmed|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=July 21, 2013|page=5|via=Newspapers.com|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407205529/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26447397/albuquerque_journal/|url-status=live}}</ref> The S-IVB third stage which performed Apollo 11's trans-lunar injection remains in a solar orbit near to that of Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059B|title=Apollo 11 SIVB NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1969-059B|publisher=NASA|work=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive|access-date=December 30, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125192348/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059B|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:430-L1-S1 640.jpg|thumb|Pieces of fabric and wood from the first airplane, the 1903 ''[[Wright Flyer]]'', traveled to the Moon in Apollo 11's [[Lunar Module Eagle|Lunar Module ''Eagle'']] and are displayed at the [[Wright Brothers National Memorial]].]]

=== Moon rocks ===

The main repository for the Apollo Moon rocks is the [[Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility]] at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in [[Houston]], Texas. For safekeeping, there is also a smaller collection stored at [[White Sands Test Facility]] near [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]. Most of the rocks are stored in nitrogen to keep them free of moisture. They are handled only indirectly, using special tools. Over 100 research laboratories worldwide conduct studies of the samples; approximately 500 samples are prepared and sent to investigators every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/lun-fac.cfm |title=Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility |publisher=NASA |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125125526/https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/lun-fac.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://world.wng.org/2016/09/the_mystery_of_the_missing_moon_rocks |title=The mystery of the missing Moon rocks |publisher=World |first=Kristen |last=Flavin |date=September 10, 2016 |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021101947/https://world.wng.org/2016/09/the_mystery_of_the_missing_moon_rocks |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 1969, Nixon asked NASA to make up about 250 presentation [[Apollo 11 lunar sample display]]s for 135 nations, the fifty states of the United States and its possessions, and the United Nations. Each display included Moon dust from Apollo 11 and flags, including one of the Soviet Union, taken along by Apollo 11. The rice-sized particles were four small pieces of Moon soil weighing about 50&nbsp;mg and were enveloped in a clear acrylic button about as big as a [[Half dollar (United States coin)|United States half-dollar coin]]. This acrylic button magnified the grains of lunar dust. Nixon gave the Apollo 11 lunar sample displays as goodwill gifts in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/resources/moonrocks_apollo11.html |title=Where today are the Apollo 11 goodwill lunar sample displays? |first1=Robert |last1=Pearlman |author-link=Robert Pearlman |publisher=collectSPACE |access-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108235454/http://www.collectspace.com/resources/moonrocks_apollo11.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>''Earth'' magazine, March 2011, pp. 42–51</ref>

=== Experiment results ===

The Passive Seismic Experiment ran until the command uplink failed on August 25, 1969. The downlink failed on December 14, 1969.{{sfn|Bates|Lauderdale|Kernaghan|1979|pp=2-3 & 4-32}}<!-- Hyphens, not ndashes --> {{As of|2018}}, the [[Laser Ranging Retroflector|Lunar Laser Ranging experiment]] remains operational.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/report-humans-have-left-500-000-pounds-trash-the-moon/8UcB7ECGVXSLyMWrdhqk1L/ |title=Report: Humans have left 500,000 pounds of 'trash' on the Moon |newspaper=Palm Beach Post |date=March 5, 2018 |first=Chelsea |last=Todaro |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020153003/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/report-humans-have-left-500-000-pounds-trash-the-moon/8UcB7ECGVXSLyMWrdhqk1L/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Moonwalk camera ===

The Hasselblad camera used during the moonwalk was thought to be lost or left on the Moon surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzOIh2eHqQ&t=38m18s|title=An Audience with Neil Armstrong (2011 interview)|website=Slartibartfast|date=May 2011|via=YouTube|access-date=July 19, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109233952/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzOIh2eHqQ|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Lunar Module ''Eagle'' memorabilia ===

In 2015, after Armstrong died in 2012, his widow contacted the [[National Air and Space Museum]] to inform them she had found a white cloth bag in one of Armstrong's closets. The bag contained various items, which should have been left behind in the [[Lunar Module Eagle|Lunar Module ''Eagle'']], including the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera that had been used to capture images of the first Moon landing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11401781/Neil-Armstrongs-widow-discovers-moon-camera-in-cupboard.html|title=Neil Armstrong's widow discovers moon camera in cupboard|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=July 19, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129145206/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11401781/Neil-Armstrongs-widow-discovers-moon-camera-in-cupboard.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11ReturnedEagleArtifacts.html|title=Lunar Surface Flown Apollo 11 Artifacts From the Neil Armstrong Estate|website=Apollo Lunar Surface Journal|last1=Jones|first1=Eric|last2=Lotzmann|first2=Ulli|last3=Glover|first3=Ken|last4=Needell|first4=Allan|access-date=July 19, 2019|date=January 6, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202315/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11ReturnedEagleArtifacts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The camera is currently on display at the National Air and Space Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/armstrong-purse-flown-apollo-11-lunar-artifacts|title=The Armstrong Purse: Flown Apollo 11 Lunar Artifacts|date=February 6, 2015|website=National Air and Space Museum|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2019|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126010506/https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/armstrong-purse-flown-apollo-11-lunar-artifacts|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Anniversary events ===
{{further|Apollo 11 anniversaries}}

==== <span id="40th anniversary events"></span>40th anniversary ====
[[File:Apollo 11 Command Module in Hangar.jpg|thumb|''Columbia'' at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar]]

On July 15, 2009, [[Life (magazine)|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 news |url=http://life.time.com/history/photos-up-close-with-apollo-11/#1 |title=Up Close With Apollo 11 |magazine=[[Life (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 |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603043816/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/apollo11_audio.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 |archive-date=June 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628085558/http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11_hdpage.html |url-status=live }}</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 |author-link=Christopher Riley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/jul/20/sound-apollo-11-moon-landing |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=July 20, 2010 |access-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032807/http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/jul/20/sound-apollo-11-moon-landing |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]] set up an [[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 President [[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 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111124903/http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1422.html |url-status=live }}</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 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Jeff |last=Zeleny |title=Obama Hails Apollo Crew From a Lens of Childhood |date=July 21, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211230936/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/science/space/21obama.html |url-status=live }}</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 (politician)|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 |newspaper=[[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>}}

==== 50th anniversary ====
{{further|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 [[Apollo 11 Fiftieth Anniversary commemorative coins]] to the public on its website.<ref>{{USPL|114|282|Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act}}</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|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126093153/https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/commemorative-coins/apollo-11-50th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref>

A documentary film, ''[[Apollo 11 (2019 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 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 28, 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003215/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/movies/apollo-11-review.html |url-status=live }}</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|archive-date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219103744/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/apollo-11-documentary-imax-release-1203138469/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Smithsonian Institute's [[National Air and Space Museum]] and [[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 [[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|date=July 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211164735/https://airandspace.si.edu/apollo-50-festival|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Apollo 11 projected on the washington monument.jpg|upright|thumb|Saturn V rocket projected onto the [[Washington Monument]] during the Apollo 11 50th anniversary show]]

As part of the festival, a projection of the {{Convert|363|ft|adj=on}} tall [[Saturn V]] rocket was displayed 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). The program also included a 17-minute show that combined full-motion video projected on the Washington Monument to recreate the assembly and launch of the [[Saturn V]] rocket. The projection was joined by 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. There were three shows per night on July 19–20, with the last show on Saturday, delayed slightly so the portion where Armstrong first set foot on the Moon would happen exactly 50 years to the second after the actual event.<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|date=July 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211232234/https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 19, 2019, the [[Google Doodle]] paid tribute to the Apollo 11 Moon landing, complete with a link to an animated YouTube video with voiceover by astronaut [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing/ |title=50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225125124/http://www.google.com/doodles/50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing |url-status=live }}</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|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125192340/https://www.space.com/apollo-11-google-doodle-michael-collins-video.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong's sons 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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720114320/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/trump-marks-apollo-11-anniversary-meeting-astronauts-64439860|archive-date=July 20, 2019|date=July 19, 2019|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/19/Trump-Apollo-11-astronauts-discuss-merits-of-going-to-moon-before-Mars/2601563563187/|title=Trump, Apollo 11 astronauts discuss merits of going to moon before Mars|website=UPI|last1=Haynes|first1=Danielle|date=July 19, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2019|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205041150/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/19/Trump-Apollo-11-astronauts-discuss-merits-of-going-to-moon-before-Mars/2601563563187/|url-status=live}}</ref>