Image: STS-8 patch

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Description: April 29, 1983 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS STS-8 INSIGNIA --- The night launch of Challenger heading toward its third earth-orbital mission is featured in the official insignia for STS-8. The eighth flight of the United States Space Transportation System is represented by eight stars of the constellation Aquila, "The Eagle," Astronauts Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, and William E. Thornton--all mission specialists--have their sumames on the border of the insignia.
Title: STS-8 patch
Credit: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=3590 Logo (rotated, repaired from scan problem cutting off part of border, color balanced, cropped, shrunk to about 25% and bestowed an alpha channel) Description
Author: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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