Smithsonian curators preserve Apollo spacesuits - Armstrong suit restored

[gary]

In a June 29 2019 article at AP (https://phys.org/news/2019-06-guardians-apollo-curators-moon-mission.html), Ivan Couronne reports on the work of
curators at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
in their attempts to preserve the Apollo mission spacesuits.





After having undergone restoration work since 2006, Neil Armstrong's
spacesuit will be back on display from July 16th, the 50th anniversary of
the launch of Apollo 11.

It will be displayed in the Wright Brothers gallery at the Smithsonian
across from the piece of the Wright flyer that Neil Armstrong took with
him to the Moon in 1969.

Story, pictures here :-
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-guardians-apollo-curators-moon-mission.html

Smithsonian web page dedicated to Neil Armstrong's spacesuit (high resolution pictures) :-
https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/neil-armstrong-apollo-11-spacesuit

High resolution image of Armstrong's suit (click to zoom).
Arguably the most impressive garment ever made in all of history :-
https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/news/A19730040000-NASM2018-02096.JPG

[Dennis]

Thanks Gary, fascinating stuff as usual.:)

Love the CDR (LMP) written instructions on the LH gauntlet and the tear below the right knee on the zoomed in image.:)

Cheers

Dennis