Nicaragua lunar sample displays Nicaragua lunar sample displays The Nicaraguan lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 moon missions and given in the 1970s to the people of Nicaragua by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts. The Nicaragua Apollo 11 lunar sample display commemorative podium style plaque consists of four rice-size "moon rock" particle specimens collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969 and a small Nicaraguan flag that was taken to the moon and back on Apollo 11. The 4 "moon
6469 Armstrong on the Moon, and the first person to walk on it, shortly followed by Buzz Aldrin, after whom the asteroid 6470 Aldrin is named. The minor planet 6471 Collins is named after the third crew member of the Apollo 11 mission. In 1966, Armstrong also conducted the first docking in space together with David Scott aboard Gemini 8. The asteroid's name was suggested by Czech astronomers Jana Tichá, Miloš Tichý and Zdeněk Moravec, who observed it during its 1995-opposition, shortly before being numbered. The lunar crater "Armstrong" is also named in his honor. The approved naming citation was published by