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Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 in-flight training coveralls heading to auction - and they could be yours

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM · 1 min read
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 in-flight training coveralls heading to auction - and they could be yours — ClickOrlando Local, Clermont Technology news
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A piece of space history is about to change hands. Neil Armstrong’s in-flight coveralls - the suit he wore while training for the Apollo 11 mission - are going up for auction next week through the American Space Museum in Titusville.The set includes a jacket and trousers, and according to museum collections analyst Chuck Jeffery, it is the only complete Armstrong Apollo 11 coverall set in the world available for private ownership.“It’s one of three that were made,” Jeffery said. “One that flew to the moon is at the Smithsonian. There’s another set at the Armstrong Museum in Ohio. So this is the only set in the world available for private ownership.”What makes the suit specialThe coveralls are made from beta cloth - a Teflon-coated material NASA mandated after the Apollo 1 fire killed three astronauts. The fireproof fabric was designed to be slick enough for astronauts to change clothes inside the cramped quarters of the command module and lunar module during a mission.Both the jacket a

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