STS-5 Mission Patch

5th Space Shuttle Mission

5th Flight of Columbia Crew:

Vance D. Brand, Commander

Robert F. Overmyer, Pilot

Joseph P. Allen, Mission Specialist

William B. Lenoir, Mission Specialist

This was the first operational flight of a Space Shuttle, and the first time more than three astronauts were carried into space in a single vehicle. Two communications satellites were deployed.