STS-3 - Space Shuttle Columbia Flown Presentation - NASA - Astronaut Jack Lousma

Description

STS-3
Space Shuttle Columbia
Flown Thread Presentation
This auction is for an A4 sized presentation (shown in the first photograph) upon which is mounted a piece of black thread which flew on the third flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-3) in 1982 with astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton. This piece of thread was launched into space on 22nd March 1982 and spent 8 days in space, completing 130 orbits of the earth before returning to earth on 30th March 1982.
This segment of thread was trimmed from the rear of an STS-3 OSS1 Pathfinder patch (pictured) which flew into space on the STS-3 mission.  The loose threads on the patch are clearly visible towards the bottom left and bottom right of the rear of the patch (pictured).
The presentation is on thin card.
Photograph 1 of the listing shows the item you will receive and the remaining photographs show the provenance of the item.  The items shown in the remaining photographs are not included in the sale.
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