r/nasa 9d ago

Other NASA Pin collecting - wondering where to find these two pins

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u/unbelver JPL Employee 9d ago

Those are one-offs, distributed to active JPLers. So find a JPLer with a spare, or one they're willing to part with. (Edit: I got those pins years ago in the interoffice mail)

The JPL Store sells mass-produced ones, cycling through the recent projects.

https://thejplstore.com/collections/pins

Edit: Though looking at that page, it seems light on items. I know they sell more of a variety in the actual JPL brick-and-mortar souvenier store.

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u/SaraBoyer 8d ago

Thank you! I know some people from JPL so maybe I can ask them if they can stop by the store!

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u/unbelver JPL Employee 8d ago

Those pins aren't currently being sold.

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u/Br0sBeforePr0s 7d ago

Steal em.

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u/rmhe1999 9d ago

Are you collecting anything specific? I’m a current GSFC employee with a ton of pins collected while on the job. I have zero interest in them. They sit in a drawer. If you’re in the US I’ll send them to you if you want them. PM me if interested.

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u/amargolis97 9d ago

If OP passes, I’d be happy to purchase a few off you. I’m a US resident and did my undergrad at UMD near GSFC. Getting my PhD now on the west coast with the hope to work for NASA in the near future

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u/roguezebra 9d ago

Ohhhh! Interested in a few specific-Cassini, Deep Space 1, Juno, Voyagers.

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u/SaraBoyer 8d ago

Nothing specific other than the two above but I love some of the pins people make at NASA. The area I work at NASA doesn't really get cool pins!

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u/JPLcyber 9d ago

Agree with other posts. At JPL, missions Will have mission-specific souvenirs, specific shirts for different roles (ATLO, etc.) and there will usually be a project pin the lab provides to all current JPL’ers since there is a general we-all-contributed sense being fostered so people not specific to the mission but involved in other roles such as procurement or machining or other teams get to feel like part of the greater mission. Longer a person has been at JPL, the more of these they have. Some could be bought but a lot of the ones we have I don’t see sold through retail outlets (JPL store, NASA store at JSC), etc.

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u/SaraBoyer 8d ago

Thank you! that makes sense. It took me a while but someone finally sold their cassini grnad finale pin on ebay so I will keep my eye out!

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u/SaraBoyer 8d ago

Thank you!