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Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise Lunch Box
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This metal lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1979. The box features imagery of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise. The Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise was the first shuttle that NASA built, but it never went to space. Instead it was used for approach and landing tests. The shuttle was originally going to be named the Constitution, but fans of the TV series Star Trek staged a write-in campaign and the shuttle was renamed after the show’s USS Enterprise NCC-1701. The shuttle now resides at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1979
- ID Number
- 1988.3160.35
- catalog number
- 1988.3160.35
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3160
- collected for nmah
- Smithsonian Institution
- maker
- Thermos
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 4 in; 18.415 cm x 22.225 cm x 10.16 cm
- Related Publication
- Allen Woodall and Sean Brickell. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Lunch Boxes
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- Record ID
- nmah_1054202
- Usage
- CC0
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