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STS-60 / Discovery Patch

STS-60 / Discovery Patch

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Eighteenth Discovery flight. This was the first flight with a Russian cosmonaut on board. The Wake Shield Facility was unsuccessful when it failed to deploy its 3 meter shield. SPACEHAB-2 carried 12 payloads for experiemntation in materials processing and biotechnology. Landed February 11, 1994 at Kennedy Space Center, FL. Mission Duration: 199 hours 9 minutes 22 seconds.

Patch description:The design of the crew patch for NASA's STS-60 mission depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery's on-orbit configuration. The American and Russian flags symbolize the partnership of the two countries and their crew members taking flight into space together for the first time. The open payload bay contains: the Space Habitation Module (Spacehab), a commercial space laboratory for life and material science experiments; and a Getaway Special Bridge Assembly in the aft section carrying various experiments, both deployable and attached. A scientific experiment to create and measure an ultra-vacuum environment and perform semiconductor material science -- the Wake Shield Facility -- is shown on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) prior to deployment.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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