Apollo 11
First crewed Moon landing
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| 2025 |
USS Hornet
Hosted CarrierCon featuring VTubers from VFleet Project, providing an in-person virtual concert.
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| 2024 |
USS Hornet
Hosted a FIRST Robotics Competition offseason event on its flight deck.
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| 2024 | Colin Woodell will portray Buzz Aldrin in the upcoming film Fly Me to the Moon. |
| 2024 | Aldrin endorsed Donald Trump for the Presidential Election, citing Trump's promotion of space exploration policy. |
| 2023 |
USS Hornet
Hosted CarrierCon, collaborating with Azur Lane mobile game, featuring shipgirl mascot 'Hornet Chan'.
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| 2023 |
USS Hornet
Chosen to host Azur Lane's live event celebrating the 5th anniversary of its English/worldwide release.
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| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts was released, focusing on the conflict between the Autobots, Maximals, and Terrorcons. |
| 2023 | Bryn Thomas portrayed Buzz Aldrin in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. |
| October 2023 |
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins
The larger silver dollar was voted Best Collectible Silver Coin at the 2023 Mint Directors Conference.
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| May 5 2023 | Received an honorary promotion to brigadier general in the United States Air Force and made an honorary Space Force guardian. |
| February 18 2023 | Houston Film Critics Society nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Feature and wins the Texas Independent Film Award. |
| January 30 2023 |
Michael Collins
Collins' ashes were interred at Arlington National Cemetery, providing a final resting place for the Apollo 11 astronaut.
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| January 23 2023 | Online Film Critics Society nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Feature. |
| January 20 2023 | On his 93rd birthday, Aldrin announced his fourth marriage to his 63-year-old companion, Anca Faur, via Twitter. |
| January 13 2023 | Georgia Film Critics Association nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Film. |
| January 10 2023 | Austin Film Critics Association nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Film and Best Austin Film. |
| January 9 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Feature. |
| 2022 |
Jeanne Wilson
Wilson was featured in a Threads magazine article, describing her work process with engineers and the critical role of seamstresses in creating spacesuits.
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| December 18 2022 | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Film. |
| December 14 2022 | Chicago Film Critics Association nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Film. |
| December 12 2022 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association nominates 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' for Best Animated Feature. |
| September 2022 |
Command module Columbia
Columbia became a centerpiece of the new 'Destination Moon' exhibit when the National Air and Space Museum reopened in the fall.
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| April 1 2022 | The film premiered on Netflix, becoming widely available to streaming audiences. |
| March 24 2022 | The film was screened in select theaters. |
| March 24 2022 | Apollo 10½ was released in select theaters. |
| March 13 2022 | The film premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. |
| 2021 |
Apollo 11 in popular culture
Thomas Bergersen released the album Humanity, Chapter IV, which includes the song 'Apollo' featuring voiceover clips from President John F. Kennedy's 1962 Moon speech, the mission's countdown sequence, and Neil Armstrong's famous 'The Eagle has landed' quote.
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| 2021 | Roger Craig Smith portrayed the real Buzz Aldrin in the animated series Inside Job. |
| April 28 2021 |
Michael Collins
Michael Collins died of cancer at his home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 90, marking the end of a significant life in space exploration.
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| April 28 2021 |
Michael Collins
Passed away at the age of 90.
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| March 1 2021 |
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins
The Apollo 11 commemorative coin won the overall Coin of the Year Award for 2019-dated issues.
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| February 2021 |
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins
The larger silver dollar was named Best Silver Coin and Best Contemporary Event Coin in the annual Coin of the Year competition.
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| February 14 2021 |
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins
Mint report released detailing total sales figures for the commemorative coin series.
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| September 14 2020 | At the Primetime Emmy Awards, the documentary won Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Sound Editing and Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program. |
| July 2020 | Netflix announced the film's cast, including Glen Powell, Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Josh Wiggins, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L'Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam Chipman, and Danielle Guilbot. |
| June 10 2020 | Apollo 11 won the Documentary Award at the Peabody Awards. |
| March 2020 | Principal photography concluded, with Linklater continuing to edit the film during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 2020 | Principal photography for Apollo 10½ wrapped up, concluding filming at Troublemaker Studios. |
| February 2020 | Principal photography for the film began at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. |
| February 8 2020 | Apollo 11 was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. |
| February 2 2020 | The documentary was nominated for Best Documentary at the British Academy Film Awards. |
| January 18 2020 | Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen, and Evan Krauss won Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures at the Producers Guild of America Awards. |
| January 17 2020 | Todd Douglas Miller won Best Edited Documentary (Feature) at the American Cinema Editors Awards. |
| January 6 2020 | At the Cinema Eye Honors, Todd Douglas Miller won Outstanding Achievement in Editing, and Matt Morton won for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score. |
| 2019 |
Michael Collins
Collins is featured in the documentary film 'Apollo 11'.
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| 2019 |
Apollo 11 in popular culture
A sculpture titled 'The Eagle Has Landed', created by George Lundeen, Mark Lundeen, and Joey Bainer, was exhibited at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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| 2019 |
Apollo 11 in popular culture
The postal service of Eire issued a 50th anniversary commemorative stamp, which accidentally misspelled 'gealach' (Moon) as 'gaelach' (Irish).
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| 2019 |
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins
The larger silver dollar commemorative coin won the Coin of the Year Award for 2019-dated issues.
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| 2019 | The documentary won three Emmy Awards at the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including recognition for editing and sound. |
| 2019 | The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with 99% positive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 88 out of 100, indicating universal critical praise. |
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