Where to Go to Celebrate Man's Landing on the Moon
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NASA Mission Control
Courtesy of Kennedy Space Center
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Launch Pad 39A
Courtesy of NASA
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The Dish
CSIRO/Shaun Amy
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Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory
Courtesy of NASA
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The Lunar Analogue
Courtesy of Lowell Observatory
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Apollo 11's recovery ship
Courtesy of NASA
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Buzz's favourite vacation spot
Gili Lankanfushi
Travel + Leisure Staff
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on another world, followed soon after by the second, Buzz Aldrin. Meanwhile, Michael Collins orbited the Moon in the Columbia module, desperate for the Eagle to return safely with his colleagues so he could take them back to Earth.
It was the ultimate in adventure travel, and though many summers have slipped by since Apollo 11's fateful mission, you can tour some of the facilities, the landmarks, and the relics that together culminated in mankind's one giant leap (and it's not a bad reason to tour the U.S. and beyond, too).