Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification

Badge, Identification

Object number2018.27.29
MediumPlastic
Credit LineGift of Jay Apt
DescriptionNASA retired employee badge.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 2.125 × 3.375 × 0.063 in. (5.4 × 8.6 × 0.2 cm)
InscriptionsFront has NASA emblem at right center with red text around the perimeter "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION U.S.A."

Front has black and blue text "NASA Retired / JEROME APT / Johnson Space Center / [Jay Apt signature] / Signature of Bearer".

Reverse has black text "The bearer is a retired employee in good standing of the / National Aeronautics...e Administration. / This card does not grant access to a NASA Facility. It is a form of identification to expedite obtaining a visitor badge / when on authorized business at this Center. / If found return to the folowing address: / OSPP / 300 E. Street S.W. / Washington, DC 20546 / Drop in Mailbox Postage Guaranteed / 600859".
Historical NotesRetired NASA badge belonging to Jay Apt. Retired NASA Astronauts are issued badges that allow access to certain NASA facilities, including the Johnson Space Center where many voluntarily take an annual physical examination as part of the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health.Label TextNASA retired badge Ultimately Apt flew four space shuttle missions aboard the Atlantis and Endeavor, orbited the Earth 562 times, and logged more than 847 hours in space, including 10 hours and 49 minutes on two space walks. Since leaving NASA he has served as the Director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and currently is a professor in the Tepper School of Business, Engineering and Public Policy and Co-Director of the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center.
Previous owner
On View
Not on view
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Federal Supply Service
c. 1991
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