Neil Armstrong's LM PPK contained a piece of wood from your Wright brothers' 1903 Wright Flyer's still left propeller plus a bit of material from its wing,[eighty one] in addition to a diamond-studded astronaut pin initially offered to Slayton through the widows on the Apollo 1 crew.Apollo eleven Room-flown silver Robbins medallion The astronauts

VIPs swarmed to KSC in the days ahead of the start. Von Braun arrived on November six, scheduled for an distinctive government supper and conference that evening. NASA executives, figures from marketplace, Congressional leaders and diplomats also arrived to the launch.[41] Each NASA Centre associated had a list of VIP company, as did NASA headquart