Name Tag, Shuttle Astronaut (Thornton)
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- Kathryn C. Thornton
- Summary
- This name tag was a spare of the type worn on an astronaut's flight suits and flight jackets. Kathryn (Kathy) Thornton flew on the Space Shuttle as a mission specialist in 1989 (STS-33), 1992 (STS-49), 1993 (STS-63), and 1995 (STS-73). She performed spacewalks on two missions, including the STS-63 servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
- NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years, this one coming in 1996.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19970604000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Accessories
- Materials
- leather, Velcro, adhesive, silver embossing
- 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_A19970604000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv923af2251-a853-44b3-93f2-bd5772da0ce5
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