Museum seeks to save Neil Armstrong's spacesuit with $500,000 Kickstarter

National Air and Space Museum's first crowdfunding campaign launched Monday to conserve Armstrong's deteriorating suit so it can go on display

The US National Air and Space Museum has launched its first crowdfunding campaign to raise money to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon.

The campaign, which launched on Monday, coincided with the 46th anniversary of Armstrong's moonwalk. The museum hopes to raise $500,000 on Kickstarter - the online crowdfunding platform - to help safeguard the spacesuit, digitize it with 3D scanning, and build a climate-controlled display case