General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC FABRIC FLAG & PATCHES MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD/ CARDBOARD MAT/ NON-FERROUS METAL FRAME/ METAL HARDWARE FOR FRAME

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

51.5 cm

Width

41.2 cm

Height

2.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1984+

Canada

THIS FLAG WAS TAKEN INTO SPACE ON SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER MISSION 41G, OCT. 5-13 1984, WHICHCARRIED MARC GARNEAU, THE FIRST CANADIAN IN SPACE. THE FLAG IS NOW INCORPORATED INTO A PRESENTATION PIECE COMMEMORATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT MISSION, PRESENTED TO NMST BY DR. GARNEAU DURING COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES *

Function

A PRESENTATION PIECE CONTAINING A MINIATURE FLAG CARRIED INTO SPACE ON A SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION, INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE THAT MISSION.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BILINGUAL BLACK PRINTING READING 'This flag was on board/ the Space Shuttle Challenger/ during Mission 41-G/ October 5 to 13, 1984/ Presented to the/ National Museum of Science and Technology/ on the 10th anniversary of/ Canada's first human spaceflight/ by/ Marc Garneau/ 94/10/6'/ WHITE LETTERING ON DEXTER PATCH READS 'SPACE 1 FLIGHT GARNEAU VOYAGE 1 SPATIAL' & BLUE 'CHALLENGER 1984'/ PRINTED CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY MARK, CANADIAN ASTRONAUT PROGRAMME LOGO, & CANADA WORDMARK ACROSS LOWER EDGE OF BOARD

Missing

N/A

Finish

RED & WHITE FLAG/ MULTICOLOURED PATCHES/ WHITE BOARD/ PURPLE MAT/ BRUSHED METAL FRAME

Decoration

N/A