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title: The Spacemobile space science poster (English, distributed at multiple posts)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-spacemobile-english-multiple-posts-1965/
description: A poster announcing 'The Spacemobile', a space science lecture demonstration. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# The Spacemobile space science poster (English, distributed at multiple posts)

A poster announcing 'The Spacemobile', a space science lecture demonstration. A painted astronaut in a spacesuit holds up lunar soil beside a landing craft marked 'States' on a moonscape. The sheet names the New Zealand Department of Education and NASA as sponsors. The tell is transfer: the glamour of space exploration is attached to the lecture programme.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
THE SPACEMOBILE

A Space Science Lecture Demonstration

Sponsored by
New Zealand
Department of
Education
and
United States
National
Aeronautics
and Space
Administration

[on the landing craft:] [partly hidden]STATES

S-562 (8)
```

'STATES' on the craft is partly cropped by the illustration; the code at lower left is small and read approximately.

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