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This MTV (Music Television) flag is a removable part of the MTV "Moonman" statuette given as a trophy during the music television network's annual Video Music Awards. When MTV began in 1981, the new network about music, attitude, mood, and motion showed as their station identification colorized film of the Apollo lunar astronauts planting an MTV flag accompanied by rock music played on electric guitar. The award statue, designed by Manhattan Design, which also created the MTV logo, reinterpretted that film clip as a three-dimensional awards statuette.

MTV Networks gave a blank Moonman award with this flag as a component part to the Museum in 2007.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type AWARDS-Trophies Designer Manhattan Design
 Dimensions 3-D: 6.4 x 0.5 x 24.1cm (2 1/2 x 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
 Materials Zinc, nickel silver plate, brass, paint
 Inventory Number A20080039001 Credit Line Gift of MTV Networks Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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