Identifier:
2011.3.1
Description:
A promotional button (badge or pin). This button is round with a black background and white lettering. The central image is a black and white photograph of Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.;This collection of space-related buttons provides the Museum with concrete examples of souvenirs used to commemorate many of the space program's milestones of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The collection was put together by the donor's husband who worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) during those years. These types of buttons would have been given out to members of JPL project teams, but some were also available to general public, demonstrating the wide appeal of the space program. There are observable differences in the buttons that were clearly designed for more of a mass market, versus those designed to be souvenirs for JPL project team members.;The button refers to the Soviet Mars Probe mission Phobos 2 sent to land on Phobos, one of Mar's moons in 1989.
Date:
1989
Materials:
Metal, Plastic
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of Pasadena, California Edward A. Batka Who Worked For 36 Years At Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Links:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/facts/faq08.html
Related Entities:
Batka, Margaret (donor)
Andrea Melvin (identified by)
