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Bob Hoover Gives an Air Show Performance

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Conserving Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit

Conserving Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit

Using a lift to clean shuttle.

Cleaning a Space Shuttle

Conservator Inside Aircraft

Removing Overpaint

Two conservators working over an airplane print.

Lining a Print

Conservator uses a device on a helmet.

Colorimetry of Apollo Helmet

Conservator hovers above aircraft to clean it.

Working on the Horten Ho 229 V3

Two conservators work on a airplane cowling.

Conserving Spirit Cowling

Conservator cleans the surface of a helicopter.

Helicopter Cleaning

Conservator with purple gloves works over yellow rudder fabric.

Cleaning Rudder Fabric

Conservator works over a kite with tools.

Kite Conservation

Two conservators work in the lab.

Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory

Close up of conservation of Apollo film transport capsule

Conservation of Apollo Camera

Treating an Apollo Artifact

Treating an Apollo Artifact

Three Smithsonian staff members prepare Neil Armstrong's spacesuit for a CT scan.

Armstrong's Spacesuit Prepped for CT Scan

Inside an hangar, a craftsman sands an archival aircraft wing

Lincoln-Standard H.S. wing

A team of restoration experts positioning landing gear on a WW II aircraft.

Heinkel He 219 A-2/R4 Uhu (Eagle Owl) restoration staff

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National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC

202-633-2214

Free Timed-Entry Passes Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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