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Image 1 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 2 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 3 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 4 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 5 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 6 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 7 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 8 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 9 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 10 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 11 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 12 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 13 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 14 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
Image 15 — The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions
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The federal court building in D.C. that used to be NASA's first headquarters did a one-day open house on July 3 with spacesuits, a moon rock, and other items from various missions

The suits were John Young's and Charlie Duke's from Apollo 16 (Young's looked like it still had some moon dust on it) and Charles Bolden's from his Space Shuttle missions.

There was also a backup Apollo 11 flag, an Apollo 14 moon rock, Mercury patches, pieces of two Mercury spacecraft's heat shields, and helmets from Gemini, Apollo, and the shuttle.

They were giving away buttons with a space monkey on them as a nod to NASA's 1959 press conference with Able and Baker, which took place in the building.

Really cool event with a rare chance to tour buildings that have a long history, from Dolley Madison to women's suffrage to NASA.

u/erier2003 — 15 hours ago