The Hollywood Walk of Fame is an almost 2 mile section of Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk that houses 2,518 stars as monuments to entertainment's greatest and brightest personalities.
The stars are presented to recipients that are deemed to have excelled in five major areas of entertainment. The areas are motion pictures, broadcast TV, music, broadcast radio and live performance.
So it may seem a little odd to find the names of the Apollo 11 astronauts on this sidewalk as well. The names of Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins are grouped together on their own monument which features, not a star, but rather fittingly, a moon.
Obviously the three astronauts don't quite fit any of the "required" categories for the award, but the selection committee, who is known to bend the rules from time to time, decided the three had played an important part in their "contributions to the television industry" when their moon landing was televised live on TV, and as such should be allowed to feature.
