NASA Mission Patch - STS 41B (Brand, Gibson, McCandless, McNair, Stewart)

Object/Artifact

Wabash County Museum

Name/Title

NASA Mission Patch - STS 41B (Brand, Gibson, McCandless, McNair, Stewart)

Entry/Object ID

2024.039.15

Description

NASA Mission Patch - STS 41B (Brand, Gibson, McCandless, McNair, Stewart) 10th Space Shuttle Mission, 4th Flight of Challenger - Crew: Vance D. Brand, Commander; Robert L. Gibson, Pilot; Bruce McCandless II, Mission Specialist; Ronald E. McNair, Mission Specialist; Robert L. Stewart, Mission Specialist. The mission featured the first untethered spacewalks, which were performed by astronauts McCandless and Stewart using Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU). WESTAR-VI and PALAPA-B2 satellites were deployed, but failure of the PAM-D rocket motors left them in improper low-earth orbits.