Frederick D. Gregory
Description
Among the items issued to astronauts are Velcro-backed name tags that can be attached to their flight suits and jackets. This name tag is a spare for Shuttle astronaut Frederick D. Gregory, who became the first African American to pilot and command a spacecraft. His first Shuttle mission was STS 51-B (1985), and he then commanded two other missions: STS-33 (Discovery, 1989) and STS-44 (Atlantis, 1991). Astronauts chose the version of their name for these tags and wore different tags for different occasions. This one shows the familiar form of Gregory's first name. NASA transferred a number of spare astronaut name tags to the Museum over the years.
Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center
