Button, Hubble Servicing Mission 2

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Object Details

Summary

This button is a souvenir of the second human mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), conducted aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery via STS-82 in 1997. The HST was designed to be serviced in orbit so that repairs and upgrades could be made, expanding the capacities of the instrument and extending its life.

In particular, the button called attention to the collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, universities, and industry required to perform this human servicing mission to the astronomical instrument.

Valerie Neal gave the button to the Museum in 2012.

Credit Line

Gift of Valerie Neal

Inventory Number

A20120243000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MEMORABILIA

Materials

Steel

Plastic

Ink

Dimensions

3-D (Button): 5.6 × 1cm (2 3/16 × 3/8 in.)

Storage: 13 × 10.2 × 0.3cm (5 1/8 × 4 × 1/8 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d7e47925-29d8-4d0e-95cf-1eb5fd870f9b

Record ID

nasm_A20120243000