The NIH has worked with NASA on biomedical experiments in space. This lapel pin, which belonged to Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, commemorates the flight of NASA Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on January 16, 2003 for an international scientific research flight. The shuttle was lost during reentry over Texas. The names are those of the lost astronauts: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; mission mission specialists Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon.
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The medal celebrates the adoption of the French constitution in 1958. The designer, Henri Dropsy (1885-1968), was a noted sculptor, engraver, and medalist of bas relief as well as the director of the Paris mint. We don't know if someone gave this to Dr. Ruth Kirschstein as a representative of the NIH or if she obtained it herself.
