WASHINGTON DC — The Apollo lunar suit evolution exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum displays the development of NASA's spacesuit designs from the mid-1960s through the Apollo program. The display features the Apollo Experimental Spacesuit No. 1 (AX1-L), one of the earliest suits made by International Latex Company (ILC) in 1965, shown without its thermal cover layer to reveal the inner construction and restraint system. The second suit is an Apollo A5-L Pressure Suit, a fifth-generation ILC prototype also displayed without its cover layer to demonstrate joint mobility and

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