Spacecraft from First and Last Lunar Landing Together for First Time, Only at Space Center Houston Only at Space Center Houston will guests experience the surface of the moon, followed closely by Aldrin. The two- command modules from the first and last lunar landings, and-a-half-hour moonwalk allowed the crew to take together under the same roof for the first time, Oct. 14 – photographs and collect lunar samples. March 18, 2018. The blockbuster exhibit Destination Moon also includes This is the first stop for the Smithsonian exhibit more than 20 rare Apollo 11 mission artifacts, including Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission which features astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s extravehicular visor and gloves, the command module and other artifacts from the first the spacecraft’s hatch, a lunar sample return container, lunar landing on July 20, 1969. The command module astronaut Michael Collins’ Omega Speedmaster watch, a has not left the Smithsonian since entering it in 1971. star chart, survival kit and more. Space Center Houston is the home of the Apollo 17 Legacy of the Apollo era command module, from the last mission to land men on the moon on Dec. 11, 1972, along with other important The Apollo missions inspired decades of research and Apollo artifacts. dared scientists and engineers to innovate. Many of these innovations, modules and historic artifacts of the Apollo Apollo 11: a crew on a mission era are on display at Space Center Houston. Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Visitors can see Pete Conrad’s Apollo 12 moonwalk Collins were determined to achieve President John F. spacesuit and even touch an actual moon rock – one of Kennedy’s goal to land men on the moon and return them only eight lunar touchstones in the world – brought back safely to Earth within the 1960s. On July 20, 1969, by the Apollo 17 crew, which included the first scientist Armstrong became the first human to step on the lunar astronaut, Harrison Schmitt. Gene Cernan, the last man on the moon, and Ron Evans rounded out the Apollo 17 crew. Additionally, one of only three complete Saturn V rockets in the world is part of the experience at Space Center Houston. Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission is organized by the National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition is made possible by the support of Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, Joe Clark, Bruce R. McCaw Family Foundation, the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences, John and Susann Norton, and Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston Johnson. Transportation services for Destination Moon are provided by FedEx. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit Manned Space Flight Education Foundation has Space Center Houston as the cornerstone of its mission to inspire all generations through the wonders of space exploration. The leading science and space learning center annually draws more than 1 million visitors and generates a $73 million economic impact, 925 jobs and $36 million in personal income in greater Houston, according to a 2016 economic study by Jason Murasko and Stephen Cotten, associate professors of economics at the University of Houston - Clear Lake. .