The spacesuit worn by the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago is on display at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, after it was removed for extensive preservation work
Visitors marvel at the suit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, on July 16, 2019.
Lisa Young, objects conservator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, makes an adjustment on Neil Armstrong's pressure suit that he wore to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969, at the Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, US, June 26, 2019. “On top of the contributions to science and human understanding, for that brief moment, the man who wore this suit brought together our nation and the world,” Pence said.
Armstrong’s suit was displayed for about 30 years at the Smithsonian before it was taken down in 2006 because curators were concerned about deterioration. “The complexity of the suit ensured it could support human life in the harshest of environments: extreme heat and cold, radiation, micrometeorites and the threat of cuts from sharp rocks all had to be taken into consideration,” Ellen Stofan, the Washington museum’s director, said at the event.
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