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Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit is now back on display at Smithsonian [i]Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit has returned to display, 13 years after the Smithsonian removed it from exhibit and 50 years to the day — and nearly the very minute — that it lifted off on the historic first moon landing mission. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. revealed the Apollo 11 astronaut's A7L pressure garment, helmet assembly and gloves at 9 a.m. (1300 GMT) Tuesday (July 16), just 32 minutes shy of the 50th anniversary of its Saturn V rocket launch.[/i]
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