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| 23551 |
 | STS-1 Landing.
STS-1 Landing. |
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| 23552 |
 | STS-1 Lift Off.
STS-1 Lift Off. |
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| 23553 |
 | STS-1 Patch.
STS-1 (Space Transport System - first mission) |
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| 23554 |
 | STS-1 Rollout.
The Shuttle Columbia makes it way to the launch site. The crawler's top speed is one mile per hour. The trip takes about 6 hours and uses up 150 gallons of diesel fuel per mile. |
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| 23555 |
 | STS-1 Training.
Crippen and Young in the shuttle simulator training for the mission. The shuttle cockpit contains 2,214 switches and displays, about three times more that the Apollo command module. |
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| 23556 |
 | STS-108 Crew.
STS-108 Crew. |
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| 23557 |
 | STS-108 Launch.
STS-108 Launch. |
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| 23558 |
 | STS-108 Patch.
STS-108 Patch. |
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| 23559 |
 | STS-108 Spacewalk.
Astronauts Linda M. Godwin (bottom) and Daniel M. Tani, working on space shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm. It was Linda's second opportunity to work outside of the spacecraft. |
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| 23560 |
 | STS-111 Crew.
The STS-111 Crew (front row and back left) and the passengers that they transported to the International Space Station. |
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| 23561 |
 | STS-111 launch
Shuttle Endeavour STS-111 launch |
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| 23562 |
 | STS-111 Patch.
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| 23563 |
 | STS-120 Shuttle Crew.
STS-120 Shuttle Crew after landing. Doug Wheelock is the fourth from the left. |
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| 23564 |
 | STS-13 Patch.
This mission was originally supposed to be STS-13. Missions were officially referred to as Space Transport System and sequentially numbered. However with the Apollo 13 failure and a touch of superstition the NASA director refused to launch a spacecraft numbered STS-13 especially since it was schedule to land on Friday the 13th!
The numbering system was revised. Missions were now known by the a more complicated system. The first digit indicated the federal fiscal year. The second indicated the launch location with 1 being the Kennedy Space Center and 2 being Vandenburg Air Force Base. (the second launch location was never used) Finally the letter indicated the launch sequence with in that year. After the Challenger disaster in 1986 NASA returned to the original numbering system.
This unofficial patch was made up by the crew. Reproductions have been made. Original patches are quite rare. |
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| 23565 |
 | STS-28 Columbia Commander Shaw.
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| 23566 |
 | STS-28 Crew.
The mission details of STS-28 are classified necessitating an all military crew. |
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| 23567 |
 | STS-28 Landing.
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| 23568 |
 | STS-28 Liftoff
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| 23569 |
 | STS-28 Liftoff.
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| 23570 |
 | STS-28 Patch.
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| 23571 |
 | STS-28 Rollout.
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| 23572 |
 | STS-33 Crew.
STS-33 Crew. |
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| 23573 |
 | STS-33 Landing.
STS-33 back on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base, California. |
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| 23574 |
 | STS-33 Launch.
Discovery became the first shuttle to fly after the Challenger disaster. It took off and landed as the sun was setting. There are a limited number of photographs availible from this mission due to the fact that they were launching a military satellite. |
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| 23575 |
 | STS-33 Patch.
The crewmembers designed this patch. They felt the falcon symbolizes courage, intelligence, tenacity, and love of flight. The single gold star on a field of blue honors the memory of the late Rear Admiral S. David Griggs, originally assigned to this crew. |
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| 23576 |
 | STS-35 Crew.
The five astronauts and two payload specialists were assigned to NASA's STS-35 mission. Astronaut Vance D. Brand, center front and holding STS-35 insignia, making his fourth space flight and his third STS mission, served as mission commander. He is flanked on the front row by Pilot Guy S. Gardner and Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Lounge. On the back row (left to right) are MS Robert A.R. Parker, Payload Specialist Ronald A. Parise, MS Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance.
“I don’t feel any different than I did a few years ago, but I do realize that this probably will be my last spaceflight.” - Apollo veteran and STS-35 Commander Vance Brand. |
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| 23577 |
 | STS-35 In Flight Portrait.
STS-35 In Flight Portrait. |
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| 23578 |
 | STS-35 Landing.
STS-35 Landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
It was originally hoped that if they carefully conserved power the mission could be extended by one day. Unfortunately the mission was cut short by one day due to impending bad weather at the primary landing site.
The shuttle landed at 10:54 PM Pacific Time. |
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| 23579 |
 | STS-35 Liftoff.
Columbia clears the launch tower at 1:49am Eastern Standard Time |
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| 23580 |
 | STS-35 Pass.
Atlantis, slated for mission STS-38, is parked in front of bay three of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida following its rollback from Pad 39A for repairs to the liquid hydrogen lines.
Space shuttle Columbia (left), scheduled for mission STS-35, is rolled past space shuttle Atlantis on its way to Pad 39A. |
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| 23581 |
 | STS-35 Patch.
STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, the 38th shuttle flight, it's mission was devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory. The patch depicts the constellation Orion to symbolize the things that were to be studied. |
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| 23582 |
 | STS-35 Returns.
After Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft departs to return the orbiter to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
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| 23583 |
 | STS-37 Crew.
STS-37 Crew departs the shuttle Alantis after landing. Commander Steven Nagel is first. Linda Godwin is the third. |
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| 23584 |
 | STS-37 Crew.
STS-37 Crew. |
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| 23585 |
 | STS-37 Return.
The shuttle Atlantis after STS-37 being mated to the 747 transport plane for return to Kennedy Space Center. |
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| 23586 |
 | STS-37 Shuttle Atlantis.
STS-37 Shuttle Atlantis. |
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| 23587 |
 | STS-39 Crew.
STS-39 Crew. |
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| 23588 |
 | STS-39 Patch.
STS-39 Patch. |
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| 23589 |
 | STS-41-B Crew.
The crew; (seated left to right) Vance D. Brand, commander; and Robert L. Gibson, pilot. Standing left to right are mission specialists Robert L. Stewart, Ronald E. McNair, and Bruce McCandless. |
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| 23590 |
 | STS-41-B Landing.
When the shuttle Challenger landed it marked the first time a shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center. |
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| 23591 |
 | STS-41-B Liftoff.
STS-41-B Liftoff. |
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| 23592 |
 | STS-41-B Patch.
STS-41-B Patch. After mission STS-9 the numbering system was revised. This mission would have been STS-11 thus there are 11 stars depicted on the patch. |
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| 23593 |
 | STS-41-B Waiting on the Launch Pad.
At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure has pulled back to the prelaunch position, the shuttle Challenger sits at Launch Pad 39-A ready to embark on it fourth space mission STS-41B, the 10th flight of the space shuttle. |
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| 23594 |
 | STS-41-C Crew.
STS-41-C Crew. Robert Crippen is on the left. |
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| 23595 |
 | STS-41-C Landing.
STS-41-C Challenger landing safely on Friday the 13th. |
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| 23596 |
 | STS-41-C Launch.
STS-41-C Launch. Shuttle Challenger leaves the launch pad. |
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| 23597 |
 | STS-41-C Patch.
Robert served as the commander for this mission. |
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| 23598 |
 | STS-41-G Challenger.
Shuttle Challenger leaves earth in the pre-dawn light.
This mission covered a lot of firsts..
At the time it was the largest crew to fly on a single spacecraft.
The first mission with two women.
The first Canadian citizen to serve as a Shuttle crew member, as well as the first Canadian in space. (Marc Garneau)
The first American woman to walk in space. (Kathryn D. Sullivan)
Crippen became the first American astronaut to complete two space missions in the same calendar year. |
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| 23599 |
 | STS-41-G Crew.
STS-41-G Crew. |
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| 23600 |
 | STS-41-G Landing.
STS-41-G Landing. |
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