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The Smithsonian鈥檚 first-ever Kickstarter campaign, aims to conserve, digitize, and display Neil Armstrong鈥檚 Apollo 11 suit by using state-of-the-art techniques in 3D scanning, photogrammetry, chemical analysis, CT scanning and other means available. Lisa Young, conservator at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, joins Click to explain how she will be scanning the twenty-one layers of Armstrong鈥檚 spacesuit, enabling the public to explore the functions of each of the suit鈥檚 twenty-one layers and even make 3D prints of Armstrong鈥檚 gloves.

(Photo credit: Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong poses for a portrait July 1969. Armstrong was the Commander of Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission 漏 NASA/Newsmakers)