Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took this 8" x 13" (20.32 x 33.02 cm) piece of muslin fabric from the left wing of the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer to the moon aboard the lunar module Eagle on the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. Also included is an 11" x 8" (27.94 x 20.32 cm) document signed by Armstrong authenticating event. The 1903 Wright Flyer was the first successful powered aircraft.

The Apollo 11 spacecraft made the first manned mission to the moon. It consisted of the Columbia command module and the Eagle lunar module. Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong composed the crew. Mission Commander Armstrong was the first man to exit the lunar module and walk on the surface of the moon.

Wapakoneta native Armstrong (born 1930) earned his pilot's license at age 16 and attended college at Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering. He was called away from college to serve his country during the Korean War and flew 78 combat missions for the United States Navy. Following the war he finished his degree and became an aeronautical research pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In 1962 he was selected as the first civilian astronaut and served as the command pilot for the Gemini 8 space mission.