Name Tag, Shuttle Astronaut (Truly)
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- Richard H. Truly
- Summary
- Among the items issued to astronauts are Velcro-backed name tags that can be attached to their flight suits and jackets. This name tag is a spare for Shuttle astronaut Richard H. Truly, who served as a pilot for the approach and landing test flights (Enterprise, 1977) and then piloted the second space shuttle mission (STS-2, Columbia, 1982) and commanded STS-8 (Challenger, 1983). Truly served as NASA Administrator in 1989-1992. NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A19970591001
- 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_A19970591001
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9aaebc82a-b38e-415f-8ffe-04d3b7e42827
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