Image: STS-61-c-patch

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Description: STS-61-c mission patch Columbia, which opened the era of the Space Transportation System with four orbital flight tests, is featured in re-entry in the emblem designed by the STS-61C crew representing the seven team members who manned the vehicle for its seventh STS mission. Gold lettering against black background honors the astronaut crewmembers on the delta pattern surrounding colorful re-entry shock waves, and the payload specialists are honored similarly below the sphere.
Title: STS-61-c-patch
Credit: https://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=3553 (direct link) http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/61-c/61-c-info.html (direct link
Author: NASA
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