Each of these enamel pins is one of the mission patches for a famous space mission.
Vostok 3 (Russian: -3) was a spaceflight in 1962 by the Soviet space program to determine of the human body to function in conditions of weightlessness. It orbited Earth 64 times (almost 4 days in space) - something that NASA would not accomplish for another 3 years.
Apollo 11 was the NASA spaceflight that landed humans on the moon in 1969 with Commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, and command module pilot Michael Collins. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface.
Apollo 13 was the 3rd NASA spaceflight that was intended to land on the moon, launched in 1973. The lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days into the mission forcing the crew to survive in the lunar module.
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- The Hubble telescope has had 5 servicing missions to improve its capability.
- This insignia is for the second mission in 1997 that installed instruments to extend its wavelength range into the near infrared for imaging and spectroscopy,
- Allowing us to probe the most distant reaches of the universe and replacement of failed or degraded spacecraft components to increase efficiency and performance.
