CA 802 Patch
Current Patch
Designed by: Unknown
Authorized: 2008
Retired: N/A
This was to commemorate the Space Shuttle "Columbia" STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1), it was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 36 times.
