STS-37 - 4" - Eagle Crest Emblem

Submitted by liem on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 18:12

STS-37, the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.

The differentiator between makers of this patch is usually made by the way the stars are embroidered. This version of the STS-37 patch has large, thick stars. 

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Size: 
4" / 100mm
Project: 
Space Shuttle
Classification: 
Mission/Crew Patch
Tags: 
sts-37
atlantis
nagel
cameron
godwin
apt
ross
Manufacturer: 
Eagle Crest Emblem

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Submitted by kevinrsents on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 00:56

This version of the STS-37 patch was manufactured by Eagle Crest Emblem Inc. with two different plastic coated backings, a clear shiny plastic coated backing, & a black shiny plastic coated backing. Both the Eagle Crest versions were manufactured in Taiwan. These patches are nearly identical to the Swissartex version, but they have slightly larger & fatter stars.