Twenty-five Years in Space [Promotional/Advertising postcard); a celebratory exhibit sponsored by the Arts in the Academy Program of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC July 29-October 15, 1982
Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences and the National Air and Space Museum, 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Post Card. Format is 5.5 inches by 8 inches. The image format is 3.375 inches by 7.25 inches. The image is of "Sky Garden" by Robert Rauschenberg from a lithograph that was 89" by 42" produced in 1969. The image is copyrights by Gemini G.E.L. The image is on one side and the information on the exhibit is on the other side. The exhibit takes the October 1957 date of the Sputnik satellite and marks 25 years from that starting point. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to the National Academy is one of the highest honors in the scientific field. Members of the National Academy of Sciences serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation" on science, engineering, and medicine. The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code. Founded in 1863 as a result of an Act of Congress that was approved by Abraham Lincoln, the NAS is charged with "providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology. … to provide scientific advice to the government 'whenever called upon' by any government department." The Academy receives no compensation from the government for its services. More