1981 STS - 1 NASA Young Crippen Columbia Watkins Crew Jacket USA Vintage RARE
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:8189778 | Type: Crew Jacket |
| Year: 1981 |
NASA CREW JACKET from 1981 STS-1 Young Crippen
First time that Space Shuttle Columbia Was flown
Original jacket made by WATKINS
Size Small, Made in USA
rare Vintage 1980's era NASA Crew Columbia Young-Crippen Jacket. Made by Watkins of Pasadena, California. Made in USA. 100% nylon. The jacket has a sewn/embroidered "Columbia Young-Crippen" and American patches sewn on the left chest and left shoulder areas respectively. Has an embroidered "NASA... Crew" on the right shoulder area. Zipper in front with velcro straps on the collar. Has pockets on both sides. Rubberized/stretchable cuffs. Has a drawsting with wooden handles for proper waistline fitting. Has an interior secret zipper pocket underneath the main zipper line. Has Watkins tags on the collar, right cuff and near the secret pocket. Very Wearable. Pre-owned but in very excellent condition. What you see is what you get. Very clean. Vibrant colors. Great collectors piece. Beautiful Jacket!!!!STS-1 was the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle , launched on April 12, 1981, and returning to Earth April 14. Space Shuttle Columbia orbited the earth 37 times in this 54.5-hour mission. It was the first US manned orbital space flight since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project on July 15, 1975. STS-1 was one of the few manned maiden test flights of a new spacecraft system, although it was the culmination of atmospheric testing for the Space Shuttle program .The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years after the first manned space flight , when the orbiter Columbia, with two crew members, astronauts John W. Young , commander, and Robert L. Crippen , pilot, lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center — the first of 24 launches from Pad A. It was exactly 7 a.m. EST. A launch attempt 2 days earlier was scrubbed because of a timing problem in one of Columbia’s general purpose computers.Not only was this the first launch of the Space Shuttle, but it marked the first time that solid-fuel rockets were used for a U.S. manned launch. (Note that all Mercury and Apollo astronauts had relied on a solid-fuel motor in the escape tower .) It was also the first U.S. manned space vehicle launched without an unmanned powered test flight. The STS-1 orbiter, Columbia, also holds the record for the amount of time spent in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) before launch — 610 days, time needed for replacement of many of its heat shield tiles .Primary mission objectives of the maiden flight were to check out the overall Shuttle system, accomplish a safe ascent into orbit and to return to Earth for a safe landing. The only payload carried on the mission was a Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) package which contained sensors and measuring devices to record orbiter performance and the stresses that occurred during launch, ascent, orbital flight, descent and landing. All of these objectives were met successfully, and the Shuttle's worthiness as a space vehicle was verified.The STS-1 Shuttle reached an orbital altitude of 166 nautical miles. The 37-orbit, 1, 074, 567-mile-long flight lasted 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes and 53 seconds. Landing occurred on Runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, California at 10:21 a.m. PST, April 14, 1981 . Columbia was returned to Kennedy Space Center from California on April 28 atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft .
First time that Space Shuttle Columbia Was flown
Original jacket made by WATKINS
Size Small, Made in USA
rare Vintage 1980's era NASA Crew Columbia Young-Crippen Jacket. Made by Watkins of Pasadena, California. Made in USA. 100% nylon. The jacket has a sewn/embroidered "Columbia Young-Crippen" and American patches sewn on the left chest and left shoulder areas respectively. Has an embroidered "NASA... Crew" on the right shoulder area. Zipper in front with velcro straps on the collar. Has pockets on both sides. Rubberized/stretchable cuffs. Has a drawsting with wooden handles for proper waistline fitting. Has an interior secret zipper pocket underneath the main zipper line. Has Watkins tags on the collar, right cuff and near the secret pocket. Very Wearable. Pre-owned but in very excellent condition. What you see is what you get. Very clean. Vibrant colors. Great collectors piece. Beautiful Jacket!!!!STS-1 was the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle , launched on April 12, 1981, and returning to Earth April 14. Space Shuttle Columbia orbited the earth 37 times in this 54.5-hour mission. It was the first US manned orbital space flight since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project on July 15, 1975. STS-1 was one of the few manned maiden test flights of a new spacecraft system, although it was the culmination of atmospheric testing for the Space Shuttle program .The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years after the first manned space flight , when the orbiter Columbia, with two crew members, astronauts John W. Young , commander, and Robert L. Crippen , pilot, lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center — the first of 24 launches from Pad A. It was exactly 7 a.m. EST. A launch attempt 2 days earlier was scrubbed because of a timing problem in one of Columbia’s general purpose computers.Not only was this the first launch of the Space Shuttle, but it marked the first time that solid-fuel rockets were used for a U.S. manned launch. (Note that all Mercury and Apollo astronauts had relied on a solid-fuel motor in the escape tower .) It was also the first U.S. manned space vehicle launched without an unmanned powered test flight. The STS-1 orbiter, Columbia, also holds the record for the amount of time spent in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) before launch — 610 days, time needed for replacement of many of its heat shield tiles .Primary mission objectives of the maiden flight were to check out the overall Shuttle system, accomplish a safe ascent into orbit and to return to Earth for a safe landing. The only payload carried on the mission was a Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) package which contained sensors and measuring devices to record orbiter performance and the stresses that occurred during launch, ascent, orbital flight, descent and landing. All of these objectives were met successfully, and the Shuttle's worthiness as a space vehicle was verified.The STS-1 Shuttle reached an orbital altitude of 166 nautical miles. The 37-orbit, 1, 074, 567-mile-long flight lasted 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes and 53 seconds. Landing occurred on Runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, California at 10:21 a.m. PST, April 14, 1981 . Columbia was returned to Kennedy Space Center from California on April 28 atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft .
