- Object Name:
- Mezuzah in Case
- Artist/Maker:
- Marsha Penzer
- Bio:
- American, 1947-2007
- Title:
- Mezuzah Carried into Space in 1985
- Place Made:
- United States
- Date:
- 1984
- Medium:
- Ceramic: glazed and painted
- Dimensions:
- 4 1/8 × 1 in. (10 9/16 × 2 9/16 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
- Accession Number:
- 1987-24a-c
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This Mezuzah, the first taken into outer space, was commissioned by NASA Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and carried on the Space Shuttle Discovery, Flight 51-D on April 12-19, 1985. The Hebrew inscription reads, "When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and stars that You set in place..." [Psalms 8:4]
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