It invited its "famous son" to visit following his moon walk in 1969 and made him the first Freeman of Langholm.
When they finally got out, the men were only minutes U.S. Eastern time from marking the 32nd anniversary of the first moon walk.
Currently, a Nave is on display at the Daros Foundation in Zurich, and walking through it is like floating: you lose your bearings and move in slow motion, as though doing a moon walk.
On the right is astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon.
The Dumfries and Galloway town is hosting two weeks of events in honour of the first man to walk on the moon.
Some ridiculed this journey to outer space in the same way as the idea that people could walk on the moon was once scorned.
The imagination of scientists has enabled us to travel through outer space and walk on the moon, feats that were once only possible in the realm of myth.
Kennedy, who made us believe 50 years ago this week -- (applause) -- that mankind could do something big and bold and ambitious as walk on the moon.
Among the artifacts to be included: a transistor, Louis Armstrong's trumpet, a shard of the dismantled Berlin Wall, a photo of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, and a film of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon.
In May he joined with Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, to support the opening of a new National Flight Academy that will teach math and science to young people through an aviation-oriented camp.
But there is plenty for the less physically ambitious to do as well, including taking a walk through the Valley of the Moon near sunset (the salt rock formations can be heard popping and crackling with temperature swings), visiting flamingo-dotted salt lakes, swimming near the El Tatio geysers, or stargazing at Explora's own observatory.
He says moon explorers need to be able to climb ladders, walk long distances and scramble over rocks.
Honour his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.
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