Yes, I remember as a kid staying up late with my dad that night to watch Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leave the Lunar Module and step onto the Moon.
However, a group of NASA employees and supporters will be marking this day in a different way:
NASA workers plan ‘Moon Day’ protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. ‘This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.’
“They’re undoing decades of progress…”
By Josh Dinner, Space.com - July 18, 2025
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-workers-plan-moon-day-protest-on-july-20-to-oppose-mass-layoffs-budget-cuts-this-year-has-been-an-utter-nightmare-that-has-not-stopped
For NASA, this weekend is special. Sunday marks the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing — humanity’s first steps on another world — July 20, 1969. As the only space agency on Earth able to boast such an accomplishment, those at NASA view the date with wide recognition. This year, however, some within NASA will mark the occasion amid what they see as an institution under attack, both from outside and from within.
A group of NASA employees and their supporters in Washington, D.C., will hold a demonstration to protest what they view as detrimental preemptive compliance within space agency leadership to execute potential cuts to science programs and staffing, based on the White House’s 2026 budget request, which has not yet been enacted into law. ….