RARE STS-26 Space Shuttle Discovery Commemorative Plaque Mission Patch + SHIELD

Description

This is an extremely RARE plaque commemorating the mission of STS-26 Space Shuttle Discovery and it's landing at Edwards Air Force Base in 1988.
The plaque was custom made as a gift.
Plaque measures: 9" H x 7" W
The plaque includes;
– EDWARDS AFB - Air Force Flight Test Center shield (metal) featuring the center's Motto:
"AD INEXPLORATA"
Latin words meaning "Toward the Unexplored"
–
STS-26 Space Shuttle Discovery mission patch featuring the crew members names;
Frederick Hauck, Richard O. Covey, John M. Lounge, David C. Hilmers, George Nelson.
About the mission:
Launch date: September 29, 1988
Landing date: October 3, 1988 (Edwards Air Force Base, Runway 17)
Mission duration: 4 days, 1 hour, 11 seconds
Spacecraft: Space Shuttle Discovery
Members: Frederick Hauck, Richard O. Covey, John M. Lounge, David C. Hilmers, George Nelson
STS-26 was the 26th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 September 1988, and landed four days later on 3 October. STS-26 was declared the "Return to Flight" mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of 28 January 1986. It was the first mission since STS-9 to use the original STS numbering system, the first to have all its crew members wear pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4, and the first mission with bailout capacity since STS-4. STS-26 was also the first U.S. space mission with an all-veteran crew since Apollo 11, with all of its crew members having flown at least one prior mission.
The mission is technically designated STS-26R as the original STS-26 designator belonged to STS-51F, the nineteenth Space Shuttle mission. Official documentation for that Spacelab-2 mission contained the designator STS-26 throughout. The 'R' stood for 'Recycled'. As STS-51L was designated STS-33, future flights with the STS-26 through STS-33 designators would require the 'R' in their documentation to avoid conflicts in tracking data from one mission to another.
About the
Air Force Flight Test Center shield
The shield of the Air Force Flight Test Center concisely defines its past, present and future. The center was established in 1951, and its shield was approved May 14, 1953.
The ultramarine blue and yellow represent Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force people. The location of the organization is represented by the silver tan color and saguaro cacti of the Mojave Desert. The bend nebule, or wavy line, signifies cloud layers between the desert and the black unknown of outer space. The yellow aerodynamic shape with blue shock waves is symbolic of flight testing and air research and development activity, which is the mission of the center.
Below the shield, the Latin words "Ad Inexplorata" meaning "Toward the Unexplored" is the center's motto. The emblem and motto have remained unchanged for 55 years.
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