Jacket, Laboratory-style, McDonnell Aviation
Object Details
- Summary
- This engineer's jacket belonged to Robert L. "Bob" Foster, a McDonnell Aviation engineer who worked on Project Mercury (1959-1965), Project Gemini (1965-1967), and as base manager, Deputy Director, and Director of Vandenberg Air Force Base during the late 1960s. The jacket demonstrated his place on the McDonnell Aviation engineering team, and their pride at working on human spaceflight efforts.
- Foster's daughter, Sally Foster-Chang, gave the jacket to the Museum in 2005 along with a slide rule and accessories, her mother's charm bracelet, and a collection of her father's papers.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sally Foster-Chang in memory of her parents: Bob and Toni Foster
- Inventory Number
- A20050071000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-People
- Materials
- Cotton/poly fabric, embroidery thread, metal zipper, plastic buttons.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 ft. 9 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 8 in. × 1 ft. 10 in. (55.2 × 50.8 × 55.9cm)
- Clothing (Sleeves folded in): 66 × 66cm (2 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Destination Moon
- Title
- Jacket, Laboratory-style, McDonnell Aviation
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20050071000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97ec37d83-c604-4f6d-9c4f-48230a3673d4
Related Content
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.