Plate, Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative

Plate, Commemorative

Object number2018.27.38
Manufacturer
Datec. 1996
MediumCeramic; Glaze
Credit LineGift of Jay Apt
DescriptionCircular white ceramic STS-79 commemorative plate.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 8.25 × 0.875 in. (21 × 2.2 cm)
InscriptionsInset center circle has text along left side, from top to bottom:
Blue signatures "Bill Readdy / Terry Wilcutt Tom Akers / Jay Apt Carl Walz John Blaha / Shannon Lucid";
Logo with blue text "Space / Flight / Awareness";
Emblem with gold text around perimeter "LUCID APT WILCUTT READDY AKERS WALZ BLAHA", text at top center "STS / 79", and text at bottom "SHUTTLE-MNP"; "N" is in reverse;
Logo with blue text "Rockwell".

Inset center circle has blue text in botom right corner "SPACE / SYSTEMS / DIVISION".

Inset blue circle has gold text above "LAUNCH HONOREE EVENT - STS-79" and below "KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA".
MarksReverse has black text at bottom center "THE WORLD WIDE LINE / NOT FOR FOOD USE / FOOD CONSUMED FROM THIS VESSEL / MAY BE HARMFUL".
Historical NotesSTS-79 commemorative plate presented to Jay Apt at Kennedy Space Center November 14, 1996, during the crew’s post-flight visit to KSC that included honoring KSC contractors and civil servants who had made exceptional contributions to the mission. Each crewmember received a similar plate.
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