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STS-81 / Atlantis Patch

STS-81 / Atlantis Patch

Item PASTS081 Price $4.95

This was the eighteenth Atlantis flight. STS-81 was the fifth of nine planned missions to MIR and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on MIR since September 19,1996 was replaced by astronaut Jerry Linenger. Carried SPACEHAB double module providing additional middeck locker space for secondary experiments. Included several experiments in the fields of advanced technology, Earth sciences, fundamental biology, human life sciences, microgravity and space sciences. Landed at Kennedy Space Center, FL. January 22, 1997. Mission Duration: 10 days 4 hours 55 minutes 32 seconds.

Patch description: The crew patch for STS-81, the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, is shaped to represent the Roman numeral V. The Space Shuttle Atlantis, OV-104, is launching toward a rendezvous with Russia's Mir Space Station, silhouetted in the background. Atlantis and the STS-81 crew will spend several days docked to Mir during which time astronaut Jerry M. Linenger (NASA-Mir 4) will replace astronaut John E. Blaha (NASA-Mir 3) as the United States crew member onboard Mir. Scientific experiments and logistics will also be transferred between Atlantis and Mir. The United States and Russian flags are depicted along with the names of the Shuttle crew members.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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