Object Details
- Manufacturer
- State of Florida
- Summary
- This Florida state license plate is one of the commemorative vehicle tags created in 1987 in memoriam of the Space Shuttle Challenger and STS-51L crew lost during liftoff on January 28, 1986. This design, which debuted on January 1, 1987, less than a year after the disaster, was the first specialty tag offered in the United States. The extra $25 fee charged for the specialty plate benefitted the Astronaut Memorial Foundation. Revenue from the effort helped to fund the Center for Space Education.
- When Florida resident Richard Berg noticed during a visit to Washington, DC that the Museum did not have one of the specialty tags in the collection, he donated his personal license plate to the Museum in 1988.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard Steven Berg
- Inventory Number
- A19880333000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- Aluminum, reflective adhesive film, unidetified clear protective film
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 15.6 x 31cm (6 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19880333000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f9d3c887-7eea-4294-875a-d84d4f878de9
