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April 29, 1983

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS

STS-8 INSIGNIA --- The night launch of Challenger heading toward its third earth-orbital mission is featured in the official insignia for STS-8. The eighth flight of the United States Space Transportation System is represented by eight stars of the constellation Aquila, "The Eagle," Astronauts Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, and William E. Thornton--all mission specialists--have their sumames on the border of the insignia.

PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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• Logo (rotated, repaired from scan problem cutting off part of border, color balanced, cropped, shrunk to about 25% and bestowed an alpha channel)
• Description

• See also [1] for a high-resolution version of this image

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• STS-9
• STS-7
• STS-8
• Guion Bluford
• Dale Gardner
• Richard H. Truly
• Daniel Brandenstein
• William E. Thornton