THE PINS
I collect various mission patch lapel pins. This page will give an overview of the ones I have collected and a brief background on each mission.
| PATCH | NOTES |
 | STS-1 The first test flight of the Space Shuttle. |
 | STS-8 First African-American astronaut in space. First night landing. |
 | STS-9 First Spacelab mission. Last flight of John Young. |
 | STS-41-B First untethered spacewalk using the Manned Manoeuvring Unit (MMU). |
 | STS-51-A First recovery of satellites from orbit. |
 | STS-34 Deployed the Galileo Jupiter probe. |
 | STS-61 First Hubble service mission. Installed the corrective optics package (COSTAR). |
 | STS-71 First Shuttle docking to the Russian Mir Space Station. |
 | STS-88 First Shuttle mission to ISS. Connected Unity to Zarya. |
 | STS-93 Deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Heaviest payload ever deployed by the Space Shuttle. |
 | STS-114 Return to flight after the Columbia disaster. First in-flight heat shield repair. |
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