Memories include many whose experience of the Moon landing led to science and space industry careers.
Fifty of the submissions have been curated into a digital scrapbook and a selection of the best entries will also go on display at the National Space Centre in Leicester as part of its ‘One Giant Leap’ programme of events.
The Moon Landing Memories campaign was organised by the UK Space Agency and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation.
“To retain our status as one of the world leaders in the new space age, we need the next generation to follow in their footsteps and our modern Industrial Strategy is backing the industry to create these highly skilled, well-paid space jobs for the future.”
Tim Peake, astronaut at the European Space Agency (ESA) said: “Thank you to all those who took part in the Moon Landing Memories campaign. The Apollo 11 lunar landing was humanity’s most audacious mission and our greatest achievement.
“It is no surprise that for those who watched it live, and for those who were born into a world where humans had already walked on the Moon, it remains a source of inspiration and wonder.
“As we reflect on past achievements and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, we must also look to the future as we embark on a new era of space exploration to the Moon, Mars and beyond.”
One respondent wrote: "The Moon landings inspired me but I have always wanted to work in the space industry. As a boy I drew pictures of rockets and made models. I lived in Bournemouth near the Isle of Wight where secret tests on the engines for Black Knight were tested.
"Later I worked at Woomera and drove past the actual launch site every day. I worked on the Skylark Sounding rocket, the unsung hero launch vehicle of the U.K. Space programme. Skylark was designed in 1957 for the International Geophysical Year and launches were still being carried out 50 years later. Later I worked on satellites, attending our launch preparations at 17B Cape Canaveral then to mission control for launch and IOT."