The Met & Other NYC Institutions Celebrate Apollo 11's Mission To The Moon

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Photograph of Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon (Neil Armstrong / NASA)

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An 1852 image of the moon (John Adams Whipple)

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An 1896 transparency of the moon (Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California)

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Earthrise from Apollo 8 (William Anders/NASA)

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Bue Marble from Apollo 17 (Harrison Schmitt / NASA)

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Apollo 11 watch party from Cape Kennedy in Florida, 1969 (Garry Winogrand)

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Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger recreated Buzz Aldrin's footprint in 2014 (Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger)

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Alexandra Mir's 1999 installation "First Woman On the Moon"

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