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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-...entoes-found-in-neil-armstrong-closet/6085386
A treasure trove of prized mementos from the first Moon landing have been found in Neil Armstrong's closet by his wife while she was doing a clearout.

Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, died in August 2012.

His wife Carol found the objects from the 1969 lunar expedition languishing at their home in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Photo: The mounted camera filmed the first landing on the Moon. (Dane Penland/National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)



They included a 16mm camera that was mounted on the window of the Eagle lunar module to record the historic landing and Armstrong's "one small step".

There was also one of two waist tethers that Armstrong used to support himself during the single rest period on the Moon.

The souvenirs, along with other small items, were stashed in a white cloth bag that may have come from a spacecraft.

They had been intended to be left behind on the Moon but instead appeared to have been intentionally preserved.

'Hard to find anything more exciting'
Armstrong's wife gifted the items to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington after stumbling upon them.

"Needless to say, for a curator of a collection of space artefacts, it is hard to imagine anything more exciting," said the museum's Allan Needell.

Photo: These objects were stored in a temporary stowage bag (left), also known as a McDivitt Purse, during the Apollo 11 mission. (The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum)



Armstrong was accompanied on the lunar expedition by Buzz Aldrin. Soon after they rejoined Michael Collins in lunar orbit they referenced the items, according to transcripts of voice communications, Dr Needell said.

"You know, that - that one's just a bunch of trash that we want to take back - LM [lunar module] parts, odds and ends, and it won't stay closed by itself," Armstrong said to Collins, according to mission transcripts.

"We'll have to figure something out for it."

The museum noted that no-one else had seen the mementos in the 45 years since Armstrong returned from his celebrated mission.

The camera and the tether have been placed on display at the museum.
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Your team winning in the morning. It's great way to start the day when your favourite team wins before you head off to work.



On the flipside though, losing and then having to go to work is just horrible.
 

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