Souvenirs
Advertising ➔ Promotional Button, Galileo Jupiter Arrival
Identifier:
2011.3.22
Description:
A promotional button (badge or pin) that is rectangular in shape and black in color. The right side of the pin is covered with a partial image of a planet. To the right of this is an image of a spacecraft with the word "Galileo" above it. Beneath this in smaller letters the words "Jupiter Arrival, December 7, 1995" is printed in yellow.;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.;Galileo was launched into space aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on Oct. 18, 1989, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Galileo flew past Venus on Feb. 10, 1990, and then twice past Earth -- once on Dec. 8, 1990, and again on Dec. 8, 1992. It then reached Jupiter, its destination, in 1995.
Date:
1995
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.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2338
Related Entities:
Batka, Margaret (donor)
Andrea Melvin (identified by)
