Editing Apollo 11 (section)

=== 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On July 15, 2009, [[Life (magazine)|Life.com]] released a photo gallery of previously unpublished photos of the astronauts taken by ''Life'' photographer [[Ralph Morse]] prior to the Apollo 11 launch.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>