STS-51I Mission Patch
STS-51I Mission Patch
This mission patch was designed for the STS-51I Space Shuttle Discovery spaceflight in 1985. The crew of Joe Engle, Richard Covey, James van Hoften, John Lounge, and William Fisher developed the design of this particularly patriotic patch.The patch shows a bald eagle representing the Space Shuttle and with 19 stars following behind it. Together the stars and the eagle total 20, in a nod to this being the twentieth Space Shuttle mission. Beneath the eagle the red and white stripes with blue background evoke the American flag. A white line in front of the eagle represents the shock wave that the Space Shuttle created when re-entering the Earth's atmosphere at supersonic speeds.
This particular patch was part of a collection of patches acquired by British-born professor of endocrine and metabolic surgery Anthony Goode, during his years working with NASA’s Life Sciences Division.
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Object number
2025-5
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Dimension - Dimension, Value, Measurement unit
Diameter: 10.5cm
Material
Cotton
Associated Organisation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Associated Person
Anthony Goode
Object Production Organisation
A-B Emblem
Object Production Place
North Carolina
Weaverville
United States
On Display Status
Not on display
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