Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA - Johnson Space Center
- Crew
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-79
- Summary
- This certificate of authenticity was issued by NASA and signed by the STS-79 mission crew to certify that the accompanying set of Smithsonian commemorative coins was flown aboard the Space Shuttle "Atlantis" during September 16-26, 1996. Two sets of coins commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution were flown in space and then presented to the Institution by the crew in a ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum. One set remains in this Museum and the other is held in the Numismatics Collection of the National Museum of American History.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from Smithsonian Institution
- 1996
- Inventory Number
- A19980086000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- Paper
- Foil
- Ink
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Presentation Folder, closed): 30.5 × 25.4 × 0.3cm (12 × 10 × 1/8 in.)
- 3-D (Certificate): 27.8 × 21.6 × 0.2cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/16 in.)
- Storage: 38.1 × 33 × 3.8cm (15 × 13 × 1 1/2 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_A19980086000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv980fd32d1-e18e-4189-9acc-99297e9fef79
