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Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-20-2016 10:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
National Air and Space Museum release
Help Us Write the History of Armstrong's Spacesuit

Today (July 20), Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 helmet and extravehicular activity gloves go on public display at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy in Chantilly, Virginia. The complete spacesuit will go on display in time for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing in 2019, completing our campaign to #RebootTheSuit.

While the future of the spacesuit is quite certain, it is its past that has us intrigued. During our research and documentation, we realized that very few photos exist of the spacesuit prior to 1976.

We know the spacesuit had a full life before 1976. It, of course, spent some time on the moon. It also went on a whirlwind, 50-state tour along with the command module Columbia. Between 1972 and 1976, the spacesuit was displayed at the Smithsonian's American Arts and Industries Building. And, finally, it was placed in our Apollo to the Moon gallery until 2006.

The gloves have spent a little more time traveling. They were separated from the suit and have traversed the globe over the years.

One of our goals for this conservation project is to create a concrete timeline of the spacesuit's condition and to document any historical repairs. To do that, we need your help.

Have You Seen This Spacesuit?

Dig through your files, page through your scrapbooks, or pilfer your grandparents' memorabilia and help us find photographs, newspaper clippings, or anything that shows the spacesuit on display.

We're looking for photos of the spacesuit from its national tour beginning in 1970, the gloves and helmet on later tours, and the spacesuit on display at the Smithsonian between 1971 and 1976.

You can help our experts conserve Neil Armstrong's spacesuit simply by sending your photos to ArmstrongSuit@si.edu.

aneedell
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I am also interested in pictures of the Command Module and especially the other small items included in the 50 State Tour. — Allan Needell

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