A piece of wing fabric and propeller wood from the Wright Flyer was taken to the Moon by Neil Armstrong, one of the crew of Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission, in July 1969.
To say it in a more impressive way, the most famous airplane and the most famous trip to the moon have some pieces in common
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took this 8" x 13" piece of muslin fabric from the left wing of the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer to the moon aboard the lunar module Eagle on the first moon landing on July 20, 1969.
Armstrong was most proud of the pieces of the historic Wright Flyer that he took to the moon. Under a special arrangement with the the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, he took in his LM PPK a piece of wood from the Wright brothers' 1903 airplane's left propeller and a piece of muslin fabric (8x13 inches) from its upper left wing.
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