Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary, Lunch Reception for Race Donors, held at Neil Armstrong's Boyhood Home, now the home of Karen Tullis

Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary, Lunch Reception for Race Donors, held at Neil Armstrong's Boyhood Home, now the home of Karen Tullis

Astronaut Don Thomas and the crowd cheer at the moment of the Apollo 11 touchdown on the Moon during a replay of the 1969 television broadcast at the Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

Astronaut Robert Springer congratulates who earned a medal in the 1-mile Fun Run during the Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary, Run To The Moon Race

Astronaut Michael Good, Astronaut Sunita Williams prepare for the Run To The Moon Race during the Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

Astronaut Sunita Williams crosses the finish line of the Run To The Moon Race during the Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

Derrol Nail, left, and Marie Lewis, NASA Office of Communications, host a special Apollo 11 show titled “NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future” on July 19, 2019. The show, which honored the heroes of Apollo and examined NASA’s future plans, was broadcast live from Kennedy Space Center’s Apollo/Saturn V Center in Florida. It featured segments from across the nation, including The National Mall in Washington, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Neil Armstrong’s hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and the Apollo 11 command module on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

Derrol Nail, left, and Marie Lewis, NASA Office of Communications, host a special Apollo 11 show titled “NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future” on July 19, 2019. The show, which honored the heroes of Apollo and examined NASA’s future plans, was broadcast live from Kennedy Space Center’s Apollo/Saturn V Center in Florida. It featured segments from across the nation, including The National Mall in Washington, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Neil Armstrong’s hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and the Apollo 11 command module on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

S69-40958 (5 August 1969) --- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, and the first man to set foot on the Moon, cuts his birthday cake as he celebrated his 39th birthday. The crew still confined to the Crew Reception Area (CRA) of the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. The cake was described as "standard two-layer, plain vanilla" on which was placed 39 candles. Eighteen of the persons quarantined with Armstrong assembled and sang happy birthday; and a champagne toast was offered. CRA support personnel are in the background. Astronauts Armstrong; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, will be released from quarantine on August 11, 1969.