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Set of 20 Space Shuttle Mission Cloth Crew Patches

$ 15.83

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Signed: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • Type: NASA Patch
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Exploration Missions: Space Shuttles
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days

    Description

    I am a space enthusiast and worked as an aerospace engineer for NASA for 37 years and am selling some items in my collection.
    Offered for sale here is a collection of 20 Space Shuttle cloth crew mission patches.
    The patches range in size from 3 inches in diameter to 4 x 5 inches in size.
    The key to the missions is as follow in the first photo:
    Row 1: STS-4, 6, 41C, 41D, 41G, 51D, and 51B
    Row2: STS-61C, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, and 92
    Row3: STS-100, 108, 109, 112, 114, and 129
    Space Shuttle flights were numbered sequentially from STS-1 to STS-9 and then a different code was assigned to each mission.
    STS-10 was STS-41B (the 4 indicated fiscal year 1984, 1 was a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch, and B indicated the scheduling sequence in that year).
    The second letter code was 1 for a KSC launch and 2 for a Vandenberg Air Force Base launch, but no launches were ever flown from Vandenberg.
    Although NASA never admitted it, this re-numbering change was made to avoid an STS-13 mission because of the bad outcome on Apollo 13.
    After the Challenger accident, NASA returned to using a sequential numbering system beginning with STS-26 and many flights were flown out of numerical order.
    Please check out my other auctions of space memorabilia