Southland Museums Mark Apollo 11 Anniversary With Free Family-Friendly Events
This picture taken 21 July 1969 of astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (ML) \\\”Eagle\\\” and astronaut Neil Armstrong, during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). NASA no longer knows the whereabouts of the original tapes of man\\\’s first landing on the moon nearly 40 years ago, an official of the US space agency said 15 August 2006. AFP PHOTO/NASA (Photo by NASA / NASA / AFP) (Photo credit should read NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
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“The Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, located on the NASA site where all of the Apollo spacecraft that took astronauts to the moon were created, is also offering free admission Saturday and marking the anniversary with hands-on Apollo 11 exhibits and discussions with the engineers behind the historic mission.”