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STS-51L / Challenger Patch

STS-51L / Challenger Patch

Item MP51L Price $4.95

The objectives of this mission included the deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B, and the flying of the Spartan-Halley's Comet experiment. The mission also included the flying of the Teacher in Space Project. An explosion of the Challenger space craft one minute and 13 seconds after liftoff claimed the lives of all seven crew members.

Patch description: The Challenger is depicted launching from Florida with a backdrop of Halley's comet against the U.S. flag. Surnames of the crewmembers encircle the scene, with the payload specialists being recognized below. Surname of the first teacher in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, is followed by a symbolic apple.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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