Smithsonian Moving Apollo 11 Spacecraft 'Columbia' for Conservation

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is now organizing to move Columbia, NASA's Apollo 11 command module that flew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on the first moon landing mission, to the museum's restoration facility at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia. There, the space capsule will undergo a six-month conservation to be ready for its next exhibition. In preparation for the upcoming move — Columbia's first departure from the Air and Space Mu