Highly desirable original NASA X-ray of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s EVA spacesuit gloves, 14 x 17, with upper area dated July 7, 1969, and numbered “073.” X-rays of the A7L spacesuits were taken at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as a last-minute check to discern the presence of any foreign objects capable of compromising the integrity of Armstrong's pressure suit, such as needle tips broken off during the suit fabrication and stitching process. In fine condition.
X-rays of the Apollo 11 spacesuits were taken just nine days before liftoff by Jack Weakland, a member of the Nondestructive Evaluation Group (NDE) at Kennedy Space Center. In an oral history interview conducted in 2001, Weakland explained: 'We x-rayed all of the suits, we x-rayed all those things to verify that there were no sharp objects left in them during the manufacturing process, make sure the zippers, when they zipped them up, the seal would form perfectly into the zippered threads.'
