The Smithsonian Institution has achieved its goal set to raise funds for conserving and displaying the spacesuit used by Neil Armstrong while he walked on the moon. The campaign saw the success in just a matter of five days.

The Smithsonian wanted to raise $500,000 for the “Reboot the Suit” project. But it took not time for the institution to just not only reach its goal, but surpass it with nearly $520,000 at its disposal now. The campaign will run through August 19, which is why National Air and Space Museum has increased the goal to $700,000.

The additional money raised through the campaign will be used for the purpose of preserving, digitizing and displaying Alan Shepard’s Mercury spacesuit.

Armstrong’s suit will be restored and displayed by July 2019, which marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

The Destination Moon museum is a new, state-of-the-art exhibition and it is intended to replace the Apollo to the Moon gallery at the Museum in Washington, DC. It is slated to open in 2020 and both the spacesuits will be featured there soon after it opens.

“It’s a little overwhelming. We thought we could do it, get to our goal, but we didn’t think it would be so fast. We’ve been racing to keep up”, said Yoon Lee, the Smithsonian’s director of digital philanthropy said about public reaction to the campaign.

Elizabeth Ngonzi, a professor at New York University’s George H. Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising, said the project is a brilliant example of innovation and shows how important things can be significantly revived just by presenting it to public.