Today is a big day in space exploration history: on this day, 45 years ago, NASA's Apollo 11 mission blasted 3 human beings into space, to set foot on our moon.

Boing Boing pal Steve Jurvetson has amassed an incredible collection of relics and ephemera related to the Apollo 11 mission (and other NASA milestones), and has gathered photographs into one whopping gallery here, for your enjoyment.