Souvenirs
Advertising ➔ Promotional Button, Magellan Mission To Venus
Identifier:
2011.3.19
Description:
A promotional button (badge or pin) that is navy blue and orange in color. At the top of the pin the words "Magellans Mission to Venus" are printed. In the center of the pin there is an image of a spacecraft powered by rockets, orbiting an orange planet. At the bottom of the pin the dates "May 1989 to October 1994" 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.;The Magellan spacecraft, named after the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer whose expedition first circumnavigated the Earth, was launched May 4, 1989, and arrived at Venus on August 10, 1990.
Date:
circa 1994
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://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/fact.html
Related Entities:
Batka, Margaret (donor)
Andrea Melvin (identified by)
