This is the official insignia for STS-9, the major
payload of which is Spacelab 1, depicted in the cargo bay of the
Columbia. The nine stars and the path of the orbiter tell the flight's
numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission
sequence. Astronaut John N. Young is crew commander, Brewster N. Shaw,
Jr., pilot. NASA Astronauts Owen K. Garriott and Robert A. Parker are
mission specialists. Byron K. Lichtenberg of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Ulf Merbold of the Republic of West Germany are the
Spacelab 1 payload specialists. Launch has been set for late 1983.
Merbold is a physicist representing the European Space Agency (ESA).
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
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