and display" Neil Armstrong's suit after it was placed in storage in 2006 to minimize signs of aging. "It's really humbling," Young said. "It's really a privilege to work on the space suits." ...

I think I'd like to go into space, and I'd like to wear our own suit that we make. I think I can depend on it. VELTMAN: Neil Armstrong's spacesuit with its white marshmallow-like coveralls and ...

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When astronaut Neil Armstrong ... "The suit itself is an engineering marvel," says Malcolm Collum, the chief conservator for the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

SEE MORE The Smithsonian’s campaign to bring back Neil ... Suit” attracted nearly 9,500 backers and almost $720,000 to pay for the restoration and display costs of the iconic space suit ...

Cathleen Lewis, curator of international space programs and spacesuits, and Lisa Young, objects conservator, explain how the museum will use the Kickstarter money to protect Armstrong's suit.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong's historically significant space suit is the latest subject of restoration at the Smithsonian. The crew hopes to not only fully restore the suit itself, but to digitize ...

The 46 years since Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon have not lessened the sense of wonder of that that moment. But the decades have deteriorated Armstrong's iconic space suit, which for years ...

Millinery models appear like strange and delicate fossils, and then there’s the otherworldly presence of space travel featuring Apollo 15 equipment and Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit. Even ...

(CNN)- The 46 years since Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon have not lessened the sense of wonder of that that moment. But the decades have deteriorated Armstrong's iconic space suit, which for ...

The museum has launched a crowd-funding campaign to conserve the space suit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon. The Smithsonian is joining with Kickstarter to raise $500,000 to conserve the spacesuit ...