Souvenirs
Advertising ➔ Promotional Button, Deep Space Network
Identifier:
2011.3.13
Description:
A promotional button (badge or pin) is rectangular in shape and has a black rectangular center with a red frame around the edges. In the center of the button is a red circle representing a planet and an image of a satellite overlaying it. Underneath the satellite are images of the American, Spanish, and Australian flags.;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 NASA Deep Space Network - or DSN - is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe. The network also supports selected Earth-orbiting missions.The DSN currently consists of three deep-space communications facilities placed approximately 120 degrees apart around the world: at Goldstone, in California's Mojave Desert; near Madrid, Spain; and near Canberra, Australia.
Date:
circa 1980
Materials:
Metal, Plastic
Current Location Status:
Museum School Program
Source:
Gift Of Pasadena, California Edward A. Batka Who Worked For 36 Years At Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Links:
http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
Related Entities:
Batka, Margaret (donor)
Andrea Melvin (identified by)
