The apollo 11 moon landingle were deeply honored to have Vice President pence as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 space suit. Also with us is jim seamstresses who handmade the spacesuit that we are unveiling this morning. It took another large team to conserve the suit so that we can once again share it with the world after 13 years off exhibit. That Team Included our spacesuit historians, conservators, and collections experts, but their work is only possible thanks to the thousands of individuals who contributed to our kickstarter campaign. Thank you to all of those people who did their part to preserve this vital piece of space history. The complexity of the suit in short it could support human life in the harshest environments. Extreme heat and cold, radiation and the threat of cuts from sharp rocks had to be taken into consideration. As our curators note, these spacesuits were Single Person spacecraft. While they were designed to enjoy the punishments of a lun
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Holy see, thank you, sir, for your time. Guest thanks for having me on. Host well bring you now to the floor of the house. Theyre about to gavel in. Well bring you gaveltogavel coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god we give you thanks for giving us another day. The members of this peoples house will be leaving for the memorial day recess. As they meet with their respective constituents, give them the gifts of wisdom and discernment that in their words and actions they will do justice, love with mersy, and walk humbly with you. May they also have the attentiveness that is called for to hear the concerns of those whom they represent. On this weekend especially, we remember those men and women who have given their lives in service to our country. Bless them with everlasting peace and give consolation and peace to those who mourn them. May all that is done be for yo