Name Tag, Shuttle Astronaut (Young)
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- John W. Young
- 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 astronaut John W. Young, who first flew on Gemini III (1965), commanded Gemini X, was Apollo 10 command module pilot, landed on the moon as Apollo 16 commander, commanded the first Shuttle mission STS-1, and commanded the first Spacelab mission STS-9 (1983). Young was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1981.
- NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years, including this one in 2001.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A20010150000
- 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_A20010150000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cbd4e84c-2620-4174-9625-83ffaa55a9a1
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