Neil Armstrong's secret bag of Moon landing mementos 'that were supposed to remain in space' discovered by his widow in a closet

WTF?

Carol Armstrong found bag in Ohio house after husband Neil, the first man to walk on the moon, died in 2012
The so-called McDivitt purse contained priceless Apollo 11 items such as a camera that filmed moon descent
Bag had items scheduled to remain on lunar surface, but he kept and didn't speak about them for 40 years
Power cables, waist restraint straps, waste management cover and wrench were kept by astronaut as souvenirs
Items will be displayed at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, which features other Apollo 11 artifacts


The widow of astronaut Neil Armstrong has given a bag full of equipment used by her husband during the moon landing to the Smithsonian after finding it in a closet.

Carol Armstrong found the mysterious bag after her husband's death in 2012, and saw that the space pioneer had kept personal mementos which were supposed to be left on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

The gear was later confirmed to be from the most famous space flight of all time after Mrs Armstrong got in touch with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, where the items are now on loan.


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