Campaign to Restore Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Blasts to $700K
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The Smithsonian's Kickstarter campaign to restore the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore when he became the first man to set foot on the moon has raised over $700,000.
The campaign has exceeded the $500,000 goal and hit a stretch goal of restoring another suit — Alan Shepherd's, who was the first American in space.
While neither suit was meant to last much longer after the missions, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington hopes to have the two suits ready for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.