About the Product
Own an Official NASA Space Shuttle Program Mission Patch for STS-9. Shuttle Mission Patches are great historical memorabilia collectibles and provide a fun way to learn more about history in the process.

The Space Shuttle: Extraordinary Challenges for Science

The unique challenges of peopled spaceflight have been the source of inspiration in design, computer programming, telephony and the life sciences. Perhaps one of the most consistently amazing features of the global effort to put humans into outerspace is the originality of space craft design.

Mission Information
First space flight of non-astronaut scientists and first foreigner (Merbold) representing the European Space Agency (ESA) to fly on the Shuttle. First Spacelab mission. The ESA and NASA jointly sponsored the Spacelab 1 flight and contributed investigations which demonstrated the capability for advanced research in space. Landed December 8, at 3:47 PM PST at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Mission duration 10 days, seven hours and 47 minutes. Traveled 4.3 million miles in 167 orbits.

Launch Date: November 28, 1983 at 11:00 AM EST
Launch Vehicle: Columbia
Crew: Commander: John W. Young, Pilot: Brewster H. Shaw, Mission Specialists: Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. Parker, Payload Specialists: Dr. Byron Lichtenberg, Dr. Ulf Merbold

Product Size & Other Notes
Dimensions: 4-inch

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