STS-53 Mission Patch
MP53
$9.95
STS-53: 52nd Space Shuttle Mission, 15h Flight of Discovery
Crew:
David M. Walker, Commander
Robert D. Cabana, Pilot
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Mission Specialist
James S. Voss, Mission Specialist
Michael R. Clifford, Mission Specialist
A classified Department of Defense primary payload, plus two unclassified secondary payloads and nine unclassified middeck experiments.
Secondary payloads contained in or attached to Get Away Special (GAS) hardware in the cargo bay included the Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS), and the combined Shuttle Glow Experiment/Cryogenic Heat Pipe Experiment (GCP).
