IL SR0277

Declares July 20, 2019 as Apollo 11 Day in Illinois to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the first manned lunar landing and return.

Recognizes that Apollo 11 launched July 16, 1969 from Cape Kennedy and successfully landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969, while Michael Collins orbited above.

Notes that the lunar mission deployed scientific instruments including a Solar Wind Composition experiment, Laser-Ranging Retroflector, and Passive Seismic Experiment Package, and returned the first samples from another planetary body to Earth.

Acknowledges that the Apollo program involved over 400,000 engineers, scientists, and technicians and cost $25.4 billion in 1973 dollars (approximately $183 billion in current terms) funded by American taxpayers.

States that Apollo 11 carried American flags representing all 50 states including Illinois, U.S. territories, the United Nations, and other nations to the moon.