STS-87 Patch

Company

NASA

Price

$6.95

Source

Official Store

STS-87 Mission Patch Launch Highlights Eighth shuttle flight of 1997 – first time since 1992 eight flights were conducted in one year. Sixth on-time liftoff in ’97, and all eight flights launched on day set in Flight Readiness Review. First use of Pad 39B since January following completion of extensive modifications to pad structures. Mission Highlights Primary payload of the flight, the U.S. Microgravity Payload-4, performed well. Research using other major payload, SPARTAN-201-04 free-flyer, was not completed. SPARTAN deploy delayed one day to Nov. 21 to allow time for companion spacecraft…