1986 Shuttle Columbia STS-61-C (STS-32) embroidered 3" patch Gibson Nelson (A16 For Sale

STS-61-C (formerly STS-32) was the 24th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first time that Columbia, the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be constructed, had flown since STS-9. The mission launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on 12 January 1986, and landed six days later on 18 January. STS-61-C's seven-person crew included 2 future NASA Administrators: the second African-American shuttle pilot, Charles Bolden, the second sitting politician to fly in space, Representative Bill Nelson (D-FL), and the first Costa Rican-born astronaut, Franklin Chang-Diaz. It was the last shuttle mission before the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which occurred just ten days after STS-61-C's landing. Robert L. Gibson
Charles F. Bolden
George D. Nelson
Steven A. Hawley
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Clarence W. "Bill" Nelson
Robert J. Cenker