BOSTON (WHDH) - A rocket is set to launch to the International Space Station on Saturday, the same day as the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.
NASA is launching a rocket from Kazakhstan around 12:30 p.m. that will bring three astronauts, including one American, to the International Space Station.
The capsule will remain at the station for six months.
In Boston, the JFK Library and Museum is hosting “Space Fest” in honor of the milestone anniversary.
On Friday night, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum projected an image of the Saturn V rocket that launched Apollo 11 into space, onto the Washington Monument.
Thousands gathered to watch the show.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon.
It is estimated that 650 million people around the world watched the historic moment on TV.
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