Among the items issued to astronauts are velcro-backed leather name tags that can be attached to flight suits and jackets. Dr. Peggy Whitson, a biochemist, wore this name tag on Space Shuttle flights and on one or both of her missions on the International Space Station: Expedition 5 (2002) and Expedition 16 (2007-2008). She was the first American woman to command a space station expedition, and she held world records among all U.S. astronauts for cumulative time in space (376 days) and most spacewalks (6) by a woman. This gold wings insignia denotes an astronaut who is not a pilot. NASA transferred a number of astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years, including this one in 2012.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.