Name Tag, Shuttle Astronaut (Chang-Diaz)
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
- Summary
- Among the items issued to astronauts are velcro-backed leather name tags that can be attached to flight suits. This name tag is a spare for Shuttle astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, who was a mission specialist on seven space flights: STS 61-C (1986), STS-34 (1989), STS-46 (1992), STS-60 (1994), STS-75 (1996), STS-91 (1998) and STS-111 (2002). He logged over 1,600 hours in space, including 19 hours and 31 minutes in three spacewalks.
- NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years, including this one in 2001.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A20010111000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Accessories
- Materials
- leather, velcro, silver foil (hot press embossed)
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 5.1 x 10.2cm (2 x 4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20010111000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9216eba60-e882-4804-bbb0-88780567e7f4
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