Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA, Kennedy Space Center
- Summary
- This vehicle permit pass was distributed for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, STS-86, in September 1997. It belonged to Dennis Jenkins, a consulting aerospace engineer for the Space Shuttle Program, and author of Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System, a definitive book detailing the development and first 100 flights of the space shuttles.
- Vehicle permit passes allowed employees of the program, as well as the general public, to witness the launch of the space shuttles firsthand. Designed as a reusable spacecraft capable of flights to low Earth orbit, space shuttle orbiters carried astronauts to conduct scientific experiments, launch and repair satellites, and construct the International Space Station.
- Dennis Jenkins donated the vehicle permit pass to the National Air and Space Museum in September 2011.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dennis R. Jenkins.
- Inventory Number
- A20120093000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-People
- Materials
- Paper
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 14 x 21.6cm (5 1/2 x 8 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_A20120093000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91f1f811b-a72b-4466-8e87-86ba745fbf16
