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Space.com news item, with images

Here is the Space.com link, with images:

http://space.com/news/mol_spacesuits_050603.html

Of the two spacesuits, one labeled as number 008 had the name "LAWYER" on its left sleeve; Lt. Col. Richard Lawyer was a member of the first group recruited to be MOL astronauts in 1965.

Records show that NASA transferred ownership of Lawyer's suit to the Smithsonian Institution in 1983. It has now been returned to the Smithsonian.

No records were found for the other suit, identified with the spy- appropriate number 007. It still belongs to NASA, and the agency's plans for what to do with the spacesuit are still being determined.

"I would like to see suit 007 displayed at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in their Gemini display telling the story of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program," wrote Oakland.

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