Were deeply honored to have Vice President pence with us this morning as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 spacesuit. Also with us is Jim Bridenstine who leads nasa, the organization whose achievements we celebrate. Im so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family, along with his family, of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here, rick. [ applause ] during our yearlong celebration, weve highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every conceivable job to make it happen. That included the engineers, the material experts, the medical experts, and the amazing seamstresses who handmade the spacesuit that we are unveiling this morning. It took another large team to conserve the suit so we could once again share it with the world after 13 years off exhibit. That Team Included our space suit historians, conservators and collections and exhibits experts but the
Launch of the apollo 11 mission to the moon. Good morning. Thank you for joining us as we kick off a week of amazing celebrations of humanitys highest achievement, the apollo 11 moon landing. Were deeply honored to have Vice President pence with us this morning as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 space suit. Also with us is Jim Bridenstein who leads nasa. The organization whose achievements we celebrate. Im so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family along with his family of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here, rick. During our year long celebration, we highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every conceivable job to make it happen. That included the engineers, material experts, medical experts, and the amazing seamstresses who handmade the space suit. That we are unveiling this morning. It took another large team to conserve the suit so that
Celebrations of humanitys highest achievement, the apollo 11 moon landing. Were deeply honored to have Vice President pence with us this morning as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 ft skpas space suit. Also with us, jim brydenstine, who leads nasas organization whose achievements we celebrate. Im so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family along with his family of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here, rick. [ applause ] during our yearlong celebration, weve highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every conceivable job to make it happen. That included the engineers, the material experts, the medical experts and the amazing seamstresses of ioc dover who handmade the spacesuit that were unveiling this morning. It took another large team to conserve the suit so we could once again share it with the world after 13 years off exhibit. That Team Inclu
Saturday beginning at 8 30 am on cspans washington journal and on American History tv on cspan 3. Mike pence. For Neil Armstrongs apollo 11 space suit at the national air and space museum in washington, d. C. The suit went on display for first time in 13 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the apollo 11 mission to the moon. Good morning. Thank you for joining us as we kick off a week of amazing celebrations of humanitys highest achievement, the apollo 11 moon landing. Were deeply honored to have Vice President pence with us this morning as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 space suit. Also with us is Jim Bridenstein who leads nasa. Im so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family along with his family of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here, rick. During our year long celebration, we highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every c
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