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Neil Armstrong's spacesuit draws huge crowds to the National Mall

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Michael Collins: The fear and joy of the Apollo 11 mission

"If that engine didn’t ignite, there were two dead men on the moon.”
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At least half a million people watched Apollo 11 moon landing on the Washington Monument

The 17 minute show played a total of six times – not counting a media preview at 3 a.m. on Wednesday – and had an estimated half a million people turn out to see it.
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At least half a million people watched Apollo 11 moon landing on the Washington Monument

The 17 minute show played a total of six times – not counting a media preview at 3 a.m. on Wednesday – and had an estimated half a million people turn out to see it.
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First NASA flight director and Hampton native, Chris Kraft dies at 95

Christopher Kraft, NASA's first flight director and the brains behind Mission Control, has died at the age of 95.
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WATCH: Apollo 11 rocket and anniversary show projected on Washington Monument

Starting Friday night, the National Air and Space Museum is projecting a 17 minute show of the Apollo 11 launch onto the side of the Washington Monument.
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National Air and Space Museum starts projecting 20 minute show on Washington Monument for Apollo 11 anniversary

After projecting the rocket onto the monument all week, the museum launched - literally and figuratively - their 17 minute show from National Mall on Friday night. It's titled "Apollo 50: Go for the Moon."
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Trump marks Apollo 11 anniversary by meeting its astronauts

President Trump was also briefed on his administration's plans to send astronauts back to the moon and onto Mars.
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Nixon's phone call to the moon caught the Apollo 11 astronauts off guard

President Nixon described his call to the moon as the most historic phone call ever made from the White House. But the astronauts didn't know what to do.
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Google's Apollo 11 Doodle is an animated journey with Michael Collins

The special Google Doodle features an animated recreation of the mission narrated by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts.
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Michael Collins: The fear and joy of the Apollo 11 mission

Inside the National Air and Space Museum, Michael Collins sits in front of a replica of a Lunar Landing Module. Just like the one he watched descend to the Moon surface 50 years ago. “I wasn’t so worried about (Buzz and Neil’s) descent and landing nearly as I was about their return. If that engine didn’t ignite there were two dead men on the moon,” Collins said.
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon with these fun DC events

Just a giant list of ways you can celebrate America landing on the moon in our nation's capital and surrounding areas.