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STS-61-F was a United States Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on 15 May 1986 using Challenger. It was cancelled after Challenger was destroyed earlier that year. he main objective of STS-61-F was to deploy the Ulysses solar probe, which would travel to Jupiter and use it as a gravitational slingshot in order to be placed into polar orbit around the Sun. This mission would have marked the first use of the Centaur-G liquid-fueled payload booster, which would also be used on the subsequent mission to send the Galileo probe in orbit around Jupiter.

This patch was produced by Randy Hunt. Limited to 50 items. 

Ulysses was originally scheduled to be launched from STS-61F, the flight immediately following the Challenger mishap. It was later reflown from STS-41. The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA. This patch was issued for the STS-41 mission.

This version looks similar to the original and updated date versions, but lacks any date at all.

STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective to launch the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission".

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STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective to launch the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission".

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STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective to launch the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission".

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STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective to launch the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission".

Ulysses was originally scheduled to be launched from STS-61F, the flight immediately following the Challenger mishap. It was later reflown from STS-41. The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA. This patch was created for the original (STS-61F) launch attempt.
There are two versions of this patch from STS-61F.

This is a flown variation of the Ulysses deployment mission STS-41. I have not seen this particular variation before.
Ulysses was originally scheduled to be launched from STS-61F, the flight immediately following the Challenger mishap. It was later reflown from STS-41. The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA.

Ulysses was originally scheduled to be launched from STS-61F, the flight immediately following the Challenger mishap. It was later reflown from STS-41. The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA. This patch was issued for the STS-41 mission.

Ulysses was originally scheduled to be launched from STS-61F, the flight immediately following the Challenger mishap. It was later reflown from STS-41. The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA.