The Washington Monument was lit up as if by rocket engines for the "Apollo 50: Go for the Moon" show held on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission in Washington, DC, U.S. /VCG Photo

The 17-minute show, which combined full-motion projection-mapping artwork on the Washington Monument and archival footage to recreate the launch of Apollo 11, recounts the story of the first Moon landing, according to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. /VCG Photo

Fifty years ago, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans in history to set foot on the Moon. Some 650 million people around the world watched the historic landing on television. /VCG Photo

In April, NASA unveiled the lunar program "Artemis" that will take astronauts back to the Moon by 2024. /VCG Photo