Launch of STS-74
"With five astronauts aboard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Launch occurred at 7:30:43:071 a.m. (EST). The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists."
"The STS-74 crew patch depicts the orbiter Atlantis docked to the Russian Space Station Mir. The central focus is on the Russian-built docking module, drawn with shading to accentuate its pivotal importance to both STS-74 and the NASA-Mir Program. The rainbow across the horizon represents the Earth's atmosphere, the thin membrane protecting all nations, while the three flags across the bottom show those nations participating in STS-74: Russia, Canada, and the United States. The sunrise is symbolic of the dawn of a new era in NASA space flight , that of International Space Station construction."
NASA ID: STS074-S-001
Personal patch of Canadian Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield.
Note: I added his patch because it's fucks hard awesome.
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Date: November 12, 1995
NASA ID: sts074-s-016, KSC-95PC-1671, KSC-95PC-1673, KSC-95PC-1670
