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Memorial Astronaut Alpha Flight Jacket
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This Memorial Astronaut Alpha flight Jackets commemorates our fallen astronauts of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Apollo 1, and the Space Shuttle Challenger crew. This incredible unique MA-1 flight jacket honors our fallen heroes who have given it all for space exploration. This nylon military pilot’s jacket alone has been made by Alpha for the military for over 40 years and is ideal for those cold starry nights (20 degrees F) or for casual wear. Water-repellant DuPont Type 6-6 Nylon flight satin outer shell. Fifty-seven sewing operations go into making the MA-1 military outerwear clothing jacket. It has 100% Nylon flight lining and a polyester batting interlining. Starflight has on board four (4) jacket colors for you to choose from. Sizes Small to 2XLG. Women’s sizes medium to 2XLG. Learn the NASA History of these patches on this jacket for you will be asked what they are, and you will be able to tell them, “They are America’s fallen heroes of NASA.”
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What is the story of these NASA Mission patches on this Memorial Jacket?
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Apollo 1 is the official name given to the never-flown Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) mission. Its command module (CM-012) was destroyed by fire during a test and training exercise on January 27, 1967 at Pad 34 atop a Saturn IB rocket. The crew onboard was astronauts selected for the first manned Apollo program mission and all three died in the accident: Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee. Although the ignition source of the fire was never determined their deaths were attributed to a wide range of lethal design hazards in the early Apollo command module such as its highly pressurized 100% oxygen atmosphere during the test, many wiring and plumbing flaws, flammable materials in the cockpit, a hatch which might not open at all in an emergency and even the flight suits worn by the astronauts. 3.5 inches official.
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STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program, which marked the first time a civilian had flown aboard the Space Shuttle. The mission used Space Shuttle Challenger, which lifted off from Launch Complex 39-B on January 28, 1986 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission ended in disaster following the destruction of Challenger 73 seconds after lift-off because of the failure of an O-ring seal on Challenger's right Solid Rocket Booster (SRB). 4 inches official.
Francis "Dick" Scobee , Commander
Michael J. Smith , Pilot
Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist
Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist
Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist
Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist
Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Spaceflight Participant (Teacher in Space)
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STS-107 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched January 16, 2003. The seven-member crew died on February 1, 2003 when the shuttle disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The cause of the accident was a piece of foam that broke off during launch and damaged the thermal protection system components (reinforced carbon-carbon panels and thermal protection tiles) on the leading edge of the left wing of the Shuttle orbiter, causing an extensive heat build-up. During re-entry the damaged wing slowly overheated and came apart, eventually leading to loss of control and total disintegration of the vehicle. 4 inches official.
Rick D. Husband, Commander
William C. McCool, Pilot
David M. Brown, Mission Specialist
Kalpana Chawla, Flight Engineer
Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander
Laurel B. Clark, Mission Specialist
Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist - res. col. Israeli Air Force
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