Button, Alan Shepard

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Object Details

Summary

This pin celebrated the May 5, 1961 suborbital flight of Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space. Shepard's 15-minute 22-second flight aboard a Mercury-Redstone marked the first successful human spaceflight for NASA's Project Mercury. Timothy Connelly donated this pin and ribbon collected by his father, an avid button collector, to the National Collection in 2005.

Credit Line

Gift of Timothy Connelly

Inventory Number

A20050480000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MEMORABILIA-Events

Materials

Steel

Plastic

Synthetic Fabric

Copper Alloy

Ink

Dimensions

3-D (Button): 11.4 × 4.4 × 0.6cm (4 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

Storage: 17.8 × 8.9 × 3.8cm (7 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9de1577b6-c476-4cdd-80be-658b717e5d8a

Record ID

nasm_A20050480000