45th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. (NASA / Associated Press )

July 18, 2014 6:06 PM PT

On July 20, 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.

Los Angeles Times front page on July 21, 1969. (Los Angeles Times / Los Angeles Times)

40th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon

July 20, 2009: On the 40th anniversary of the landing, visitors to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum look at the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia in Washington. D.C. (Michael Reynolds / EPA)