Saturday, June 20, 2026

NASA flight jacket presented by Janet Kavandi to Obama on display at Obama Center

 Among the items on display in the just opened Barack Obama Presidental Center is a NASA astronaut flight jacket, which was presented to President Obama by space shuttle astronaut Janet Kavandi in the Oval Office in 2011.

The jacket features mission patches representing astronauts that Obama worked with and key spaceflights that occurred during his first term.

The jacket has an emblem for the space shuttle crew who deployed the Hubble Space Telescope, including pilot Charlie Bolden who Obama named as his NASA Administrator, and an insignia for the astronauts who installed the Quest airlock for the International Space Station, among them Kavandi, who at that time wasthe agency's director of flight operations.







Kavandi, 66, a graduate of Carthage High School and Missouri Southern State University, is a scientist and veteran of three space shuttle missions.

(Photos courtesy of Barack Obama Presidential Center)



10 comments:

Anonymous said...

The greatest and most favorable president of our generation: Barack Obama. There was no Make Alge Great Again conspiracy th

Anonymous said...

Oh, you’re an Obama fan? Name his top three drone victims.

Anonymous said...

Obama fan boys, Thug Club, I’m surprised you didn’t mention he was black. I always wonder how everyone forgets his white half. First mixed raced president is what he was, community organizer to multi millionaire….

Anonymous said...

I love your whataboutism. Your boy bombed a girls school for nothing. Started and lost a war against Iran. Get any kind of perspective and brain cells.

Anonymous said...

Shouty old orange man is losing war against algae tho...

Anonymous said...

Dang.... that would have been sweet displayed in Neosho at our new space museum! There's hope we can get a Lisa Nowak interstate worn diaper ro bring in the masses and change the downtown economic landscape for generations.

Anonymous said...

News flash!......The orange man is now one of the least popular presidents in history!

Anonymous said...

1250, nice whataboutism, your boy sent firearms to cartel members in the "Fast and Furious" program and bombed more people than George Doubya himself, which is impressive since George's was "in response" to the 9/11 attacks that totally happened according exactly how the commission reported.
It's so funny after all these years, and so much technology in our pocket that we can use towards research, that you people still play the "nuh uh my fake politician not bad, well ur guy did this!" all with glazed eyes and foam coming out of your mouths lol
BTW, it's heart warming to see a fake president receive a NASA flight suit, very fitting. If you know, you know.

Anonymous said...

People might laugh at the "Hold my beer and watch this" guy, but they don't don't go into business with him, or cosign his loans. Now some of the people that voted for him are starting to realize how much their vote is costing them.

Anonymous said...

News flash! The orange man is brutally ignored and humiliated by G-7 leaders. No maga (ts) in attendance there!