Souvenirs
Advertising ➔ Promotional Button, Voyager 2 On To Uranus
Identifier:
2011.3.14
Description:
A promotional button (badge or pin) with an image of the planet Uranus in the center upon a black background. At the top of the pin the words "Voyager 2, August 25, 1981" are printed and at the bottom the words "On to Uranus" are printed.;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.;Voyager 2 was one of a pair of spacecraft launched to explore the planets of the outer solar system and the interplanetary environment.
Date:
1981
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://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1977-076A
Related Entities:
Batka, Margaret (donor)
Andrea Melvin (identified by)
Related Object:
