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Flown Bolt award

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Flown Bolt award

AI studio impression of the SpaceX Flown Bolt award: a black acrylic plaque with a real flown rocket bolt mounted on the left and an etched mission patch and SPACEX wordmark on the right

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The story

SpaceX's peer award, which coworkers nominate each other for. Each award holds a real bolt recovered from a rocket that flew to space and came back, set in a thick black acrylic plaque. Beside the bolt is the etched patch of the mission it flew on, such as CRS-20 Dragon or a Starlink group, with the SpaceX wordmark, 'Hardware Flown' and the date, and a brass plate naming the recipient and what they did. One employee's photo of hers drew thousands of likes. A former SpaceX account noted, 'At SpaceX you can nominate coworkers for these.' Tiers: Outstanding.

What stands out

Award a piece of the real thing. Flight-proven hardware says 'you helped this fly' in a way no trophy can.

For your next brief

What real piece of your product could you hand to the people who made it work?

Category
Awards & rewards
Occasion
Team & offsites
Material
Acrylic, flown steel/titanium bolt, brass
Year
2020
Design
Recovered flight hardware mounted in machined black acrylic, laser-etched mission patch, engraved brass name plate
Colour
Black, brass, silver
Origin
Official merch
Sources & image credits
Social postWendy Harper: the Flown Bolt award (LinkedIn)Wendy Harper on LinkedIn
Social postA 'Flown Bolt' Award given to SpaceX employeesr/SpaceXLounge on Reddit
Render referenceAtomgoods AI studio · product reference: @BoosterTribe on X