![Space Mission Insignia Title](assets/images/title_mission_patches.png)
Space Shuttle Patches 1986-1990
The first flight of the Space Shuttle program in 1896 was STS-61C on January 12. Unfortunately, the next launch would end in tragedy as a malfunction resulted in the loss of the shuttle Challenger and all 7 of her crew. Unusually cold temperatures caused a rubber o-ring in one of the solid rocket boosters to fail, resulting in hot gases leaking and burning a hole in the fuel tank. NASA grounded the entire fleet to make upgrades. Because of this, there were only 15 shuttle flights from 1986 to 1990. After a 2 and a half year hiatus, the remaining shuttles were flying again. Flights resumed with STS-26 on September 29, 1988. STS-30 became the first shuttle flight to launch an interstellar probe. The Magellan Venus probe was carried into orbit aboard shuttle Atlantis.
STS-31 launched the Hubble space telescope into orbit in 1989. The final launch of 1990 was STS-35 on December 2.
![STS-61C Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-061C.png)
![STS-51L Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-051L.png)
![STS-26 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-026.png)
STS-61C
Orbiter: ColumbiaLaunch: January 12, 1986
STS-51L
Orbiter: ChallengerLaunch: January 28, 1986
Loss of Shuttle Challenger
STS-26
Orbiter: DiscoveryLaunch: September 29, 1988
![STS-27 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-027.png)
![STS-29 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-029.png)
![STS-30 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-030.png)
STS-27
Orbiter: AtlantisLaunch: December 2, 1988
STS-29
Orbiter: DiscoveryLaunch: March 13, 1989
STS-30
Orbiter: AtlantisLaunch: May 4, 1989
![STS-28 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-028.png)
![STS-34 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-034.png)
![STS-33 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-033.png)
STS-28
Orbiter: ColumbiaLaunch: August 8, 1989
STS-34
Orbiter: AtlantisLaunch: October 18, 1989
STS-33
Orbiter: DiscoveryLaunch: November 22, 1989
![STS-32 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-032.png)
![STS-36 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-036.png)
![STS-31 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-031.png)
STS-32
Orbiter: ColumbiaLaunch: January 9, 1990
STS-36
Orbiter: AtlantisLaunch: February 28, 1990
STS-31
Orbiter: DiscoveryLaunch: April 24, 1990
![STS-41 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-041.png)
![STS-38 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-038.png)
![STS-35 Mission Patch](assets/patches/STS-035.png)
STS-41
Orbiter: DiscoveryLaunch: October 6, 1990
STS-38
Orbiter: AtlantisLaunch: November 15, 1990
STS-35
Orbiter: ColumbiaLaunch: December 2, 1990