Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer

This flag of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum flew aboard two Space Shuttle missions, STS 41-D (1984) and STS-110 (2002). The gold sunburst in the center is the Smithsonian symbol, and the Museum's logo in the white field symbolizes aviation and spaceflight. On each mission, NASA packs some flags or mementos for other organizations, giving them special value as items "flown in space." Likewise, each astronaut is permitted to fly a few personal mementos for that reason. A package of these flags was flown on the 1984 mission. Then astronaut Jerry Ross took two of them into space again on his last flight, a mission to the International Space Station, in the Museum's honor.

 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 MEMORABILIA-Miscellaneous Astronaut Jerry L. Ross
 Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 16.5 x 13.3cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
 Materials adhesive, paper, rayon
 Inventory Number A20060104000 Credit Line Flown in space courtesy of NASA Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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