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Obama Presidential Center opens with NASA astronaut jacket on display

Among the artifacts now on display in the newly-opened Barack Obama Presidential Center is a jacket that was only worn for a few minutes.

Found in the "Science and Innovation" exhibit on the fifth level of the South Side of Chicago museum, the iconic "NASA blue" flight garment is of the type that astronauts wear when training on jets and while making public appearances. This coat, though, has a name tag that reads "President of the United States."

Robert Pearlman
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Senator (and former astronaut) Mark Kelly and his wife Gabby Giffords attended the grand opening ceremony of the Obama Center on Thursday (June 18):
It was an honor to celebrate that legacy with Gabby at the Obama Presidential Library opening in Chicago today.

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