Space Shuttle Projects
The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs. The sun and inner planets of our solar system are shown with the curve connecting Earth and Venus symbolizing the shuttle orbit, the spacecraft trajectory toward Venus, and its subsequent orbit around our sister planet. A Spanish caravel similar to the ship on the official Magellan program logo commemorates the 16th century explorer's journey and his legacy of adventure and discovery. Seven stars on the patch honor the crew of Challenger. The five-star cluster in the shape of the constellation Cassiopeia represent the five STS-30 crewmembers - Astronauts David Walker, Ronald Grabe, Norman Thagard, Mary Cleave and Mark Lee - who collectively designed the patch.
- Date
- 1989-03-08
- Collection
- MSFC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Space Shuttle Projects" (1989-03-08). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/8902756Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 87343.
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