STS-37 - 4" - Swissartex

STS-37, the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.

The differentiator between makers of this patch is usually made by the way the stars are embroidered. These stars are slightly larger, but thin.

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This version of the STS-37 patch is the original one manufactured by Swissartex Emblem Inc. It has a clear vacuum sealed backing. The stars are slightly smaller & thinner than the later Eagle Crest Emblem Inc. versions.