Museum of Flight Remembers Apollo 11

Forty years ago next Monday, the world watched as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon*, which is still one of the coolest things ever. This weekend, the Museum of Flight is beginning a week of exhibitions celebrating the moon landing's anniversary. Since the beginning of the month, original artwork by official NASA artist Paul Calle--who was on the ground during the historic mission--has been on display. This weekend, there are interactive exhibits on the building of the Apollo capsule and the mission's re-entry trajectory, guided tours of Apollo mission artifacts, and more. Plus Monday, if you're free at 11 a.m., you can watch the live broadcast of a NASA special discussion on the future of space exploration, the only public commemoration of the events of July 20, 1969, featuring astronauts including Aldrin. Also, on July 24 and 25, Dr. Jeevan Perera, the risk manager working on the Orion project, will be speaking about the future of space exploration at the Museum of Flight. All the exhibitions are free with entry; tickets are $7 children, $14 adults.

Oh, and be sure at least to watch NASA's restored moon walk video in HD.

*(ed: allegedly!)