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Orbiter Roll-Out - November 23, 1980

Poster
1980 (published)
Artist/Maker
Rockwell International (publisher)
Place of origin
United States (published)

"Orbiter Roll-Out - November 23, 1980" Space Shuttle poster. Colour photographic image of the Space Shuttle Columbia, in what appears to be an airfield. Across the top of the poster in very large, yellow letters, filling the top third of the image are the words, 'ORBITER / ROLL-OUT', and at the bottom of the poster, in slightly smaller letters, the date, 'NOVEMBER 23, 1980'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Science
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleOrbiter Roll-Out - November 23, 1980 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Printing Ink
Lithograph
Brief description
"Orbiter Roll-Out - November 23, 1980" Space Shuttle poster issued by Rockwell International, United States, 1980
Physical description
"Orbiter Roll-Out - November 23, 1980" Space Shuttle poster. Colour photographic image of the Space Shuttle Columbia, in what appears to be an airfield. Across the top of the poster in very large, yellow letters, filling the top third of the image are the words, 'ORBITER / ROLL-OUT', and at the bottom of the poster, in slightly smaller letters, the date, 'NOVEMBER 23, 1980'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 69.7cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ORBITER / ROLL-OUT' (Across the top of the poster in very large, yellow letters, filling the top third of the image)
  • 'NOVEMBER 23, 1980' (At the bottom of the poster, in large, yellow letters,)
  • '"We're that team." / George Jeffs' (In the lower right corner of the poster, in white letters.)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subject depicted
Space Shuttle
Place depicted
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Other number
LS.679 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.188-2004

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120878/orbiter-roll-out---poster-rockwell-international/
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