NASA flight jacket owned by Charles Bolden

Object Details

Manufactured by

Barrier-Wear, American

Issued by

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American, founded 1958

Owned by

Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., American, born 1946

Description

Blue flight jacket featuring seven different patches. An American flag patch appears on the proper left shoulder of the flight jacket. A patch on the proper right shoulder depicts a space shuttle ascending vertically above stars set against a red, orange, and yellow background. A blue and white type on the patch reads: [19 / 80]. The proper left breast of the jacket features two patches. The top patch depicts a space shuttle with a satellite, set against a representation of the American flag and Russian flag. Gold type surrounding depiction in a circle reads, [BOLDEN / SEGA / REIGHTLER / CHANG-DIAZ / DAVIS / KRIKALEV]. The patch below depicts a gold set of wings with gold type reading: [CHARLIE BOLDEN]. The patch on the proper left lower torso depicts an ascending space shuttle above part of an American flag. Gold type on the patch reads: [GIBSON BOLDEN / NELSON HAWKLEY CHANG-DIAZ / CENKER NELSON]. The patch on the proper right breast depicts a Space shuttle flying away from Earth. Blue type borders the scene and reads: [LICHTENBERG FRIMOUT SULLIVAN FOALE / BOLDEN DUFFY LEESTMA / ATLAS]. The patch on the proper right lower torso depicts a space shuttle, in space, flying by a satellite. White type bordering scene reads: [SHRIVER + BOLDEN / HAWLEY + McCANDLESS + SULLIVAN]. A white tag with black type appears on inside of flight jacket. The tag reads: [ITEM: FLIGHT JACKET LINER / CONTACT NO. NAS-9-17415 / PART NO. SED 33102968-301 / SIZE M / S / BARRIER-WEAR, INC. MANCOS, CO].

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret)

after 1985

Object number

2014.243.6

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

bomber jackets

Medium

cloth with metal

Dimensions

On form: 30 × 20 × 8 in. (76.2 × 50.8 × 20.3 cm)

Place made

Barrier-Wear Inc., Colorado, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing-Historical

Exhibition

Double Victory: The African American Military Experience

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Aeronautics

Clothing and dress

Military

Science

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.243.6

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd501b080bd-75bb-4c7d-b82a-0fe496b924eb