STS-1 Mission Patch

This is the Official AB Emblem 4" Mission Patch

1st Space Shuttle Mission

1st Flight of Columbia Crew:

John W. Young, Commander

Robert L. Crippen, Pilot

Major systems were tested successfully on the first test flight of a Space Shuttle. However, Columbia experienced tile damage at launch due to an overpressure wave created by the ignition of the twin solid rocket boosters.