CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (NEWSnet/AP) — The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend.

There are plenty of events honoring Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap.

Aldrin, 94, the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, headlines a gala at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on Saturday night. He’ll be joined by astronaut Charlie Duke, the voice inside Mission Control for the July 20, 1969 moon landing.

Can’t make it to San Diego, Cape Canaveral or Houston? There are plenty of other ways to celebrate the moon landing, including the new Scarlett Johansson film “Fly Me to the Moon,”

You can also explore all of Apollo 11 on a special website by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

If nothing else, soak in the full moon Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Here’s a rundown of some Apollo 11 tributes:

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is holding a moon fest at its tourist stop, just a few miles from where the Saturn V rocket thundered away with Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins on July 16, 1969.

In northwestern Ohio’s Wapakoneta, home to the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, the museum’s tribute Saturday begins with a pair of “Run to the Moon” races. It will be followed by model rocket launches and wind tunnel demos.

John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, hailed from New Concord on the opposite side of the state, some 150 miles away. The John and Annie Glenn Museum will be open there Saturday for your astronaut fix.

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