General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC FABRIC PATCHES/ PAPER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER/ CARDBOARD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

50.9 cm

Width

40.8 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

MAY 19-29, 1996

Canada

PRESENTED TO NMST BY CANADIAN ASTRONAUT DR. MARC GARNEAU, AS MOMENTO OF HIS SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT ON ENDEAVOUR (STS-77)MAY 19-29 1996, DURING WHICH HE WAS MISSION SPECIALIST. GARNEAU WAS CANADA'S FIRST ASTRONAUT; HIS FIRST FLIGHT WAS ON CHALLENGE MISSION 41G IN 1984. GARNEAU TOOK NMST CREST INTO SPACE ON ENDEAVOUR.

Function

PRESENTATION PIECE CONTAINING PATCH (SEW-ON TYPE) CARRIED INTO SPACE ON SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION & PHOTOGRPAHS OF MISSION. IT IS MOMENTO OF FLIGHT STS-77, SHOWING ASPECTS OF MISSION.

Technical

ON MISSION STS-77, SEVERAL CANADIAN SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL FLOAT ZONE FURNACE, WAS DEVELOPED BY CANADIAN & GERMAN SPACE AGENCIES. ANOTHER WAS AQUA RESEARCH FACILITY. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENT WAS USE OF CANADARM BY MARC GARNEAU TO RETRIEVE SPARTAN 207 SCIENCE SATELLITE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS 'This crest and crew patch were flown aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour/ STS-77, May 19-29, 1996, orbiting Earth 160 times, traveling 4.1 million miles./ Presented to/ National Museum of/ Science and Technology/ From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/ and the crew of Endeavour, STS-77/ John Casper/ Commander/ CurtBrown/ Pilot/ Andrew Thomas/ Payload Commander/ Dan Bursch/ Mission Specialist/ Mario Runco, Jr./ Mission Specialist/ Marc Garneau/ Mission Specialist' (ALL BUT FIRST WITH ASTRONAUTS' SIGNATURES)

Missing

SIGNATURE OF JOHN CASPER, SHIP'S COMMANDER

Finish

BLUE, YELLOW, & WHITE NMST SEW-ON PATCH/ NAVY BLUE, SKY BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, RED, WHITE, GREY & BLACK SHUTTLE MISSION PATCH/ MULTICOLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS/ WHITE CARDBOARD BACKING, BLUE BACKGROUND, RED INNER FRAME, DARKER BLUE OUTER FRAME/ BUFF PAPER LABEL

Decoration

NMST CREST HAS BLUE & WHITE LETTERING READING 'NATIONAL MUSEUM/ SCIENCE &/ TECHNOLOGY' & 'MUSEE NATIONAL/ SCIENCES ET/ TECHNOLOGIE'/ NASA CREST PATCH HAS RED '77' & GOLD 'CASPER/ BROWN/ THOMAS/ BURSH/ RUNCO/ GARNEAU'