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NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander Set
$100.00
Made in collaboration with NASA, LEGO’s homage to Apollo 11’s endeavor is intended for individuals over 16 years old. It includes a complex lunar lander to assemble, a semi-realistic depiction of the …
Gift Guide: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11’s Moon Landing
Inspiring items to commemorate one of our greatest cosmic advancements
Via newyorker.com
Revisiting the New Yorker’s Coverage of the Apollo 11 Landing
In the Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker’s 26 July 1969 issue, reporters visited eight moon-landing parties—and documented the excitement that unfolded. From 50th Street and Sixth Avenue to …
Apollo 11 Owners’ Workshop Manual
$25.00
For those interested in understanding the inner-workings of Apollo 11’s mission to the moon, Phil Dollings and Christoper Riley’s Owners’ Manual affords insight previously seen by those working on the mission. From …
NASA Space Mug
$30.00
Featuring NASA’s superior logo—the Worm—AstroReality’s Space Mug is a portal to the cosmos, and a nod to the often irregular shapes of satellites and spacecrafts. Using AR’s augmented reality app, you can …
Apollo 11 Sweater
$59.00
Plucked from The Shining, Camp Kitschy Knits’ custom replica sweaters are appropriate articles of clothing for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing. For kids, the sweaters run from 2T to 14 and …
Via smithsonianmag.com
Land on the Moon with Smithsonian Channel’s Augmented Reality App
Not only does the app Apollo’s Moon Shot let users explore the moon through augmented reality, it does so set in the year 1969. Available for Apple and Android devices, the AR …
Sun and Moon
$80.00
Beginning with some of civilization’s first sketches of objects in the sky and ending with some of our most high-definition satellite imagery, Sun and Moon is a thrilling catalog of important cosmic …