Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.
The tradition of Navy ships having their own hats dates back well before the space program to the 19th century, but it was not until World War II that aviators first took to wearing caps with bills to block out the sun. The hats grew in popularity among the ranks, but they were not approved as part of a sailor's official uniform until the mid-1960s, just asThe hats then became a great way to celebrate the ship's role in the high-profile recoveries.
The style of cap differed per ship and mission, but they each featured the ship's name and either the mission or individual astronaut's or recipient's name. The astronauts generallytransporting them from their spacecraft to the deck of the recovery ship. Other hats were distributed to NASA personnel and were available to members of the ship's crew.
Oxcart Assembly worked with Golf Wang and Ebbets Field Flannels to create a ballcap for the agency's Artemis I recovery coverage taking inspiration from the U.S. Navy hats that were presented to and worn by the Apollo astronauts 50 years ago. U.S. Navy ship ballcaps are still made today, but when NASA transitioned from capsules that splashed down to wingedthat land on runways, the Navy's connection with the U.S. space program came to an end. Towards the end of the 30-year shuttle program, some mission commanders who were also naval aviators took it upon themselves to order Apollo-style recovery ship hats to wear on their shuttle missions.caps were produced exclusively for NASA's TV crew on the recovery ship.
"It still gets people talking and excited about the mission," said Jetton."And that's really the goal, more so than merchandising or anything else."
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