Object Details
- Summary
- Among the items issued to astronauts are Velcro-backed name tags that can be attached to their flight suits and jackets. This name tag is a spare for spaceflight participant Christa McAuliffe, who was selected to fly as the first teacher in space on the STS 51-L Shuttle mission in 1986. She and six crewmates died in the Challenger launch accident, never reaching space. NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years.
- Transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Astronaut
- Sharon Christa McAuliffe
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center
- Materials
- Back - Velcro and adhesive; Front - Leather with silver foil (hot press embossed)
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 5.1 x 10.2cm (2 x 4 in.)
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Accessories
