Image: Sts-56-patch

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Description: STS-56 Mission Insignia The STS-56 patch is a pictorial representation of the STS56/ATLAS-2 mission as seen from the crew's viewpoint. The payload bay is depicted with the ATLAS-2 pallet, Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet (SSBUV) experiment, and Spartan -- the two primary scientific payloads on the flight. With ATLAS-2 serving as part of the Mission to Planet Earth project, the crew has depicted the planet prominently in the artwork. Two primary areas of study are the atmosphere and the sun. To highlight this, Earth's atmosphere is depicted as a stylized visible spectrum and the sunrise is represented with an enlarged two-colored corona. Surnames of the commander and pilot are inscribed in the Earth field, with the surnames of the mission specialists appearing in the space background.
Title: Sts-56-patch
Credit: http://archive.org/details/STS056-S-001 http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info?id=MSFC-9301410&orgid=11 http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info?id=STS056(S)001&orgid=8
Author: NASA
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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