Pin for space shuttle mission STS-47: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A NASA mission lapel pin for the Space Shuttle mission STS-47. The pin is oval with a stick pin back. American and Japanese flags are at the center of the pin with the Space Shuttle Endeavour overlapping them. This is bordered by brass colored metal with "GIBSON / APT / BROWN / LEE / DAVIS / JEMISON / MOHRI" etched into it.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
• Subject of: Mae Jemison, American, born 1956
• Subject of: Mamoru Mohri, Japanese, born 1948
• Subject of: Robert Gibson, American, born 1946
• Subject of: Mark Charles Lee, American, born 1952
• Subject of: Jan Davis, American, born 1953
• Subject of: Curtis Lee Brown Jr., American, founded 1956
• Type: lapel pins
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Science
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2013.133.1.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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