Name Tag, Space Shuttle Astronaut (Blaha)
Object Details
- Astronaut
- John E. Blaha
- 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 Shuttle astronaut John E. Blaha, who was the pilot for STS-29 and STS-33 and commander of STS-43 and STS-58; he also spent almost four months aboard Mir, flying to and from the Russian space station on STS-79 and STS-81.
- NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years, including this one in 2001.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A20010104000
- 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_A20010104000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b1a17bc3-0323-4444-b7f6-ef52fe2d537b
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