Object Details
- Summary
- This American flag quilt commemorates the flight and the crew of STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia mission that disintegrated upon reentry on February 1, 2003. Constructed by the Coastal Quilters Guild of Santa Barbara, California, it was given to the family of David Brown, one of the seven astronauts who died aboard the mission. The quilt is a memorial quilt, a long-standing quilting tradition of creating quilts in the memory of a person or group. As such, the quilt represents one expression of the outpouring of sympathy for the families of the lost astronauts in the wake of the disaster.
- Doug Brown, Dave Brown's brother, gave the quilt to the Museum in 2006.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Paul D. and Dorothy R. Brown.
- Inventory Number
- A20070148000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- paper, plastic, cotton, printed fabric label, rayon
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Quilt): 43.2 x 64.8cm (17 in. x 25 1/2 in.)
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Card): 12.7 x 9.5cm (5 in. x 3 3/4 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_A20070148000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9947dc5ec-8925-492a-9eb6-42b06b97fec2
