Button, Insignia
Button, Insignia
Button, Insignia

Button, Insignia

Object number2018.27.65
Date1984
MediumMetal; Paper; Plastic
Credit LineGift of Jay Apt
DescriptionNASA LDEF button.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.5 × 0.313 in. (6.4 × 0.8 cm)
InscriptionsFront has black text around the perimeter "LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY / LAUNCH 41-C" and red and blue text at bottom left of center area "NASA / LDEF".
Historical NotesNASA Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) pinback button owned by Jay Apt. LDEF, a 12,000 pound experiment to assess the durability of various materials in space, was deployed on Shuttle mission STS-41C in April 1984, and retrieved and returned to Earth on STS-32 in January 1990. During the mission, Jay Apt served as the orbit 1 shift Payload Data officer in the JSC Mission Control Center (MCC) Multi-Purpose Support Room (MPSR). This button was given to Apt by LDEF personnel from NASA’s Langley Research Center that managed the LDEF program.
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