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STS-56 / Discovery Patch

STS-56 / Discovery Patch

Item PASTS056 Price $4.95

Sixteenth Discovery flight. A Spartan satellite was deployed to study the solar corona. The ATLAS-2 was used to measure upper atmospheric variations around the Earth. Landed at Kennedy Space Center, FL. on April 17, 1993. Mission Duration: 222 hours 8 minutes 24 seconds.

Patch description: The STS-56 patch is a pictorial representation of the STS56/ATLAS-2 mission as seen from the crew's viewpoint. The payload bay is depicted with the ATLAS-2 pallet, Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet (SSBUV) experiment, and Spartan -- the two primary scientific payloads on the flight. With ATLAS-2 serving as part of the "Mission to Planet Earth" project, the crew has depicted the planet prominently in the artwork. Two primary areas of study are the atmosphere and the sun. To highlight this, Earth's atmosphere is depicted as a stylized visible spectrum and the sunrise is represented with an enlarged two-colored corona. Surnames of the commander and pilot are inscribed in the Earth field, with the surnames of the mission specialists appearing in the space background.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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