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STS-75 / Columbia Patch

STS-75 / Columbia Patch

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Nineteenth Columbia flight. The deployment of the Tether Satellite System (TSS) ended when the tether broke. The satellite was lost when it reentered the atmosphere. As part of the USMP-3 cargo bay experiments were the Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (AADSF), Critical Fluid Light Scattering Experiment (Zeno) and the IDGED, OARE, MEPHISTO experiments. There were also three Middeck Glovebox Facility Combustion Investigations (MGBX). Landed March 9, 1996 at Kennedy Space Center, FL. Mission Duration: 377 hours 40 minutes 21 seconds.

Patch description: The STS-75 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Tethered Satellite connected by a 21 km electrically conduction tether. The Orbiter/satellite system is passing through the Earth's magnetic field which, like an electric generator, will produce thousands of volts of electricity. Columbia is carrying the United States Microgravity Pallet to conduct microgravity research in material science and thermodynamics. The tether is crossing the Earth's terminator signifying the dawn of a new era for space tether applications and in mankind's knowledge of the Earth's ionosphere, material science, and thermodynamics. The patch was designed for the STS-75 crew by Space Artist Mike Sanni.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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