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The Armstrong Air & Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the hometown of aviator and astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon.Opened in 1972, the museum chronicles Ohio's contributions to the history of aeronautics and space flight.
Neil Armstrong described his Apollo 11 A7L suit as "tough, reliable and almost cuddly." [1]The Apollo/Skylab space suit (sometimes called the Apollo 11 Spacesuit due to the fact that it was most known for being used in the Apollo 11 Mission) is a class of space suits used in Apollo and Skylab missions.
Neil Armstrong wearing the boots created by Iona Allen An Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit of the kind Iona Allen helped create. Iona Tolliver Allen (May 17, 1937 – July 15, 2003 [1]) was an American seamstress who helped develop and create space suits for multiple NASA space missions as part of the ILC Dover seamstresses team. [1]
Currently, the museum details the moon exploration of Neil Armstrong and the other Ohioans who have traveled into space. "We are just in the beginning," museum curator Logan Rex said.
Apollo Space Suit: A Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark." American Society of Mechanical Engineers. September 20, 2013. Chaikin, Andrew. "Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturer." Smithsonian Magazine, updated March 11, 2020. "Dr. Emily A. Margolis Recognizes Women in STEM." Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
For 40 years Armstrong's and Aldrin's space suits were displayed in the museum's Apollo to the Moon exhibit, [242] until it permanently closed on December 3, 2018, to be replaced by a new gallery which was scheduled to open in 2022. A special display of Armstrong's suit was unveiled for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 in July 2019.
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