Naval History and Heritage Command
NASA Space Flight Medal
![<p>The NASA Space Flight Medal planchet is a wreath with a scroll in the center. in the foreground is a triangle with a space shuttle in the center. below the triangle is the "worm" style NASA logo. The medal has a finger attached to a suspension ring. The ring taperes the ribbon. The ribbon colors are blue, red, black, red, aquamarine, red, black, red, blue. The pin and clasp is slip on style. </p>](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/awards/medals/nasa-medals/nasa-space-flight-medal/_jcr_content/body/media_asset/image.img.jpg/1586356615078.jpg "<p>The NASA Space Flight Medal planchet is a wreath with a scroll in the center. in the foreground is a triangle with a space shuttle in the center. below the triangle is the "worm" style NASA logo. The medal has a finger attached to a suspension ring. The ring taperes the ribbon. The ribbon colors are blue, red, black, red, aquamarine, red, black, red, blue. The pin and clasp is slip on style. </p>")
Title: NASA Space Flight Medal
Accession #: NHHC 1987-97-J
Circa: 1980's
Size:
Medium: Metal, Fabric
Location: Headquarters Artifact Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command
One NASA Space Flight Medal. The obverse rim of the planchet is formed in the shape of a wreath with an unrolled scroll across the middle. In the foreground is a triangle with a space shuttle in the center. Below the triangle is the "worm" style NASA logo. The reverse is stamped "Space Flight Medal" The medal has a small metal finger projection at the top center attached to a suspension ring. The ribbon tapers to the ring. The ribbon colors are blue, red, black, red, aquamarine, red, black, red, blue. The pin and clasp is a slip-on style.
The NASA Space Flight Medal is awarded to any astronaut, American foreign, who flies aboard a United States Space mission.
![<p>The reverse is stamped "Space Flight Medal" The medal has a finger attached to a suspension ring. The ring taperes the ribbon. The ribbon colors are blue, red, black, red, aquamarine, red, black, red, blue. The pin and clasp is slip on style. </p>](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/awards/medals/nasa-medals/nasa-space-flight-medal/_jcr_content/body/media_asset_1083114644/image.img.jpg/1586356897475.jpg "<p>The reverse is stamped "Space Flight Medal" The medal has a finger attached to a suspension ring. The ring taperes the ribbon. The ribbon colors are blue, red, black, red, aquamarine, red, black, red, blue. The pin and clasp is slip on style. </p>")
