This poster illustrates spaceflight and astronauts on the Moon through photographs, as well as individual portraits of forty-nine astronauts. The text reads, “The Astronaut Team / Quality performance and craftsmanship insure their success.” By highlighting astronauts, the poster reiterates the value of human life and the importance of protecting it through quality work.
NASA’s Manned Flight Awareness, a program begun in 1963, and later renamed Space Flight Awareness, created posters to enhance employee motivation for job quality and flight safety within NASA and its contractors.
Following a tragic fire that killed three Apollo astronauts on January 27, 1967, NASA worked with the Boeing to develop a program to uncover deficiencies in the Apollo program. The Technical Integration and Evaluation, or TIE, program helped improve communication at NASA, and NASA vigorously renewed its efforts to instill quality work and job safety within the program to prevent future disasters.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.