Author Topic: Historic Shuttle Mission Pin Presentation at Space Center Houston  (Read 1585 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

E-mailed release. Bet any money Robert's all over this. If so I'll add his link to this opening post...

And he was! ;D

Shuttle contractor's 'soft mark' on history: Pin display honors space shuttle team
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-061814a-usa-space-shuttle-pins.html

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Scott Hartwig, President and CEO of United Space Alliance (USA), presented this historical framed shuttle mission pin collection to Space Center Houston to honor the nation's space shuttle team. It includes an American flag that was flown in space on on STS-108. USA was the prime contractor for NASA's space shuttle program from 1996 to retirement in 2011.

Image Credit: Space Center Houston

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Scott Hartwig, President and CEO of United Space Alliance (right of center), presents a historical framed shuttle mission pin collection to NASA Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa (left of center), Deputy Director Kirk Shireman (far left) and Space Center Houston President and CEO Richard Allen (far right).  It includes 135 shuttle mission pins, one shuttle program emblem and an American flag that was flown on shuttle mission STS-108.

Image Credit: Space Center Houston

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The Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with an extensive science education program and a space museum. The cornerstone of its science education mission is Space Center Houston, one of the top attractions in the greater Houston area with nearly 800,000 visitors annually and the official visitor center of NASA's Johnson Space Center. For more information, go to www.spacecenter.org.

SOURCE: Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc.
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Bet any money Robert's all over this.

Yep. :)

Shuttle contractor's 'soft mark' on history: Pin display honors space shuttle team
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-061814a-usa-space-shuttle-pins.html

United Space Alliance is putting a pin in its role in space shuttle history.

In fact, it has put in 135 pins.

The company, which served as NASA's primary contractor for the space shuttle during the second half of the 30-year program, presented a lapel pin collection to Space Center Houston on Wednesday (June 18). The plaque, which also included a flown-in-space U.S. flag, featured one-inch pins for each of the shuttle's 135 missions.


Note: As noted in the article, United Space Alliance's final two contracts expire at the end of September. "It effectively brings USA to a closure point."

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