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The STS-108 Official Flight Kit

November 28, 2001

— A U.S. flag recovered from the World Trade Center, a cylinder record which belonged to inventor Thomas Edison, and golf course markers from Scotland and Ireland are among the more than 11,500 items carried aboard Endeavour as part of the STS-108 Official Flight Kit (OFK).

Flown on request of the various NASA facilities and the STS-108 crew, the OFK's contents — including flags, banners, emblems, decals, seals, patches, and small medallions — were hermetically sealed and then stowed aboard the orbiter for the duration of the flight.

In addition to the various mementos, NASA also chose items to honor the victims and heroes of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. Included are patches for the New York police and fire departments who led the recovery and the shields of 23 New York police offers who lost their lives on Sept. 11.

NASA's "Flags for Heroes and Families" campaign flew 6,000 small American flags to be distributed post-flight to the victims' families and emergency response teams.

"NASA wanted to come up with an appropriate tribute to the people who lost their lives in the tragic events of September 11," said former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. "America's space program has a long history of carrying items into space to commemorate historic events, acts of courage and dramatic achievements. 'Flags for Heroes and Families' is a natural extension of this ongoing outreach project."

STS-108 is the 12th space shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station. Endeavour will deliver the Expedition 4 crew — Commander Yuri Onufrienko of Rosaviakosmos and American flight engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch — and return the Expedition 3 crew. Dom Gorie will command STS-108 with Mark Kelly as pilot. Astronauts Linda Godwin and Dan Tani are mission specialists for this flight.

  


Mission patch representing space shuttle Endeavour's STS-108 crew and flight to the International Space Station. (AB Emblem)

The following is the manifest for the STS-108 Official Flight Kit as provided by the NASA Johnson Space Center:

No.   Description   Sponsor/Purpose
 

1.

 

600 Each STS-108 Crew Patches

 

Agency Presentation

 

2.

 

300 Each Small (4"x6") United States Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

3.

 

2 Sets (4"x6") U.S. States & Territories Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

4.

 

3 Sets (4"x6") United Nations Members Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

5.

 

  1. 5 Each Small (4"x6") Russian Flags

  2. 5 Each Small (4"x6") Ukraine Flags

  3. 25 Each Small (4"x6") Texas Flags

 

Agency Presentation

6.

 

1 Set of Small (4"x6") Russian Territorial Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

7.

 

  1. 5 Each Small Meatball Lapel Pins

  2. 5 Each Small Gold International Space Station Lapel Pins

  3. 5 Each Small Gold NASA Seals

  4. 1 Large Bronze NASA Seal

  5. 1 Large Pewter NASA Seal

 

Agency Presentation

8.

 

  1. 5 Each Small United States/Japan Friendship Pins

  2. 5 Each Small United States/Russia Friendship Pins

  3. 5 Each Small United States/Spain Friendship Pins

  4. 5 Each Small United States/Italy Friendship Pins

  5. 5 Each Small United States/Canada Friendship Pins

  6. 5 Each Small United States/Mexico Friendship Pins

 

Agency Presentation

9.

 

  1. 75 Each Expedition 3 Crew Patches

  2. 10 Expedition 3 T-Shirts (Up on STS-105 down on STS-108)

 

Agency Presentation

10.

 

9 Small (4"x6") Flags of Texas

 

Agency Presentation

 

11.

 

9 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Florida

 

Agency Presentation

 

12.

 

2 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Louisiana

 

Agency Presentation

 

13.

 

5 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of New Jersey

 

Agency Presentation

 

14.

 

10 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Missouri

 

Agency Presentation

 

15.

 

6 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Illinois

 

Agency Presentation

 

16.

 

15 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Ireland

 

Agency Presentation

 

17.

 

110 Small (4"x6") Flags of Russia

 

Agency Presentation

 

18.

 

5 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Ohio

 

Agency Presentation

 

19.

 

5 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Pennsylvania

 

Agency Presentation

 

20.

 

25 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of New York

 

Agency Presentation

 

21.

 

  1. 10 Each Small (4"x6") United States Air Force Flags

  2. 10 Each Small (4"x6") United States Marine Corps. Flags

  3. 10 Each Small (4"x6") United States Army Flags

  4. 10 Each Small (4"x6") United States Coast Guard Flags

 

Agency Presentation

22.

 

30 Each Small (4"x6") United States Navy Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

23.

 

100 Each Small (4"x6") Flags of Italy

 

Agency Presentation

 

24.

 

600 Each Expedition 4 Crew Patches

 

Agency Presentation

 

25.

 

  1. 10 Each Small (4"x6") United States Flags

  2. 10 Each Small (4"x6") Alabama State Flags

 

Marshall Space Flight Center Presentation

26.

 

  1. 2 Each Small (4"x6") United State Flags

  2. 50 Each Environmental Patches

 

Kennedy Space Center Presentation

27.

 

  1. 10 Each Small (4"x6") Louisiana State Flags

  2. 10 Each Small (4"x6") Mississippi State Flags

  3. 5 Each Small (4"x6") NASA Flags

  4. 5 Each Small (4"x6") United States Flags

 

Stennis Space Center Presentation

28.

 

  1. 120 Each Silver Snoopy Pins

  2. 200 Each Small (4"x6") Endeavour Flags

  3. 100 Each Small (4"x6") ISS Flags

 

NASA Space Flight Awareness Presentation

29.

 

10 Each STS-108 Embroidered Crew Patches

 

Boeing Space Flight Awareness Presentation

 

30.

 

  1. 25 STS-108 Crew Patches

  2. 62 Each Small (4"x6") United States Flags

  3. 1 Each Small (4"x6") Florida State Flag

  4. 1 Each GPS Team Delta Patch

  5. 1 Each USAF Chief Master Sergeant Chevron

  6. 2 Each 114th Combat Comm. Squadron Coins

  7. 1 Each Michigan Adjutant General Coin

  8. 1 Each National Guard Family Readiness & Support Coin

  9. 1 Each Brig General Baker T-34B Beechcraft Coin

  10. 20 Each DoD Manned Space Flight Support Office Patches

  11. 10 Each DoD Manned Space Flight Support Office Coins

  12. 3 Sets (6 Each) USAF Lieutenant Colonel Insignia

  13. 2 Sets (4 Each) USAF Major Insignia

 

JSC USAF Presentation

31.

 

25 Each Small EVA Patches

 

JSC EVA Project Office Presentation

 

32.

 

1 Each Small Medallion

 

Boeing/USAF Presentation

 

33.

 

3 Each Large (3'x5') United States Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

34.

 

6,000 Each Small (4"x6") United States Flags

 

Agency Presentation

 

35.

 

1 Each Flag/Pennant

 

JSC/ESA Presentation (Taranto, Italy)

 


Items 36 through 41 are manifested at the request of the ISS UF-1 Payload Customer.
 

36.

 

  1. 300 Sheets- Bookmarks (8"x11")

  2. 100 Each Silver Shuttle Pins

 

Space Shuttle Program

37.

 

  1. 200 Each ISS Cloth Patches

  2. 100 Each STS-108 Crew Patches

  3. 150 Each Silver ISS Pins

  4. 150 Each UF-1 Patches

 

ISS Program

38.

 

  1. 200 Each Paper Decals Mach-1 (4"x5" Oval)

  2. 20 Each Stickers -Mach-1

  3. 4 Each Sheets Stickers -Mach-1

  4. 100 Each Mach-1 CAPL Paper Stickers (4"x6")

  5. 200 Each Mach-1 Holigraph Cards (3"x5" Cards)

  6. 199 Each Mach-1 ACE Pins

 

Goddard Space Flight Center

39.

 

  1. 50 Each ADF Cloth Patches (3"x5")

  2. 2 Each Packages of ADF Paper Decals

  3. 248 Each American Flags (4"x6")

  4. 17 Each Patches

 

Ames Research Center

40.

 

  1. 17 Each Decals (Utah State, Moscow, Box Elder, Shoban) (3.5"x3.5")

  2. 50 Each Swedish Space Corporation Certificates (8.25"x11.5")

  3. 20 Each GAS-G-064 Certificates (8.5"x11")

  4. 11 Each Plastic Decals (11"x11") Penn State

  5. 20 Each Paper Posters (8.5"x11")

  6. 45 Each Medallions

  7. 18 Each Argentina Technologia Cloth Patches

  8. 15 Each UF-1 Crew Patches

  9. 10 Each Argentina Tech Pins

  10. 40 Each AATE Decals (3.25"x3.25")

  11. 30 Cloth Flag Patches (2.5"x3")

  12. 10 Each Argentina Flags (6.5"x10")

  13. 60 Each Decals -Microgravity Smoldering Combustion (4"x4")

  14. 100 Each Neiu #19 Pins

  15. 11 Each Rectangular Cards (3"x9")

  16. 10 Each SEM-15 Cloth Patches

 

Wallops Flight Facility

41.

 

202 Each Small (4"x6") American Flags

 

Marshall Space Flight Center

 


Items 42 through 133 are manifested at the request of the STS-108 crewmembers.
 

42.

 

1 Each Organization Patch

 

New Zealand Space Association, Auckland, New Zealand

 

43.

 

1 Each School Banner (3"x5")

 

Ventana Vista Elementary, Tucson, AZ

 

44.

 

1 Each American Flag (3'x5')

 

Castle Rock Middle School, Castle Rock, CO

 

45.

 

1 Each School Banner (4.5'x2.5')

 

Kelley School, Newburyport, MA

 

46.

 

1 Each Los Angeles, Marathon Medal

 

Amgen/Commercial Biotech Module, Thousand Oaks, CA

 

47.

 

1 Each Small Gold Medallion

 

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Alumni Association, Kings Point, NY

 

48.

 

1 Each New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal

 

City of West Orange, West Orange, NJ

 

49.

 

1 Each Flagler Beach Flag (2'x4')

 

City of Flagler Beach, Flagler Beach, FL

 

50.

 

1 Each Class Photo (8"x10")

 

City of Roscommon, Roscommon, MI

 

51.

 

1 Each Small Gold Medallion

 

United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY

 

52.

 

1 Each Athletic Letter

 

Mountain High School, West Orange, NJ

 

53.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

Strike Fighter Squadron 115, Lemoore, CA

 

54.

 

1 Each Mo Nunn Banner (3'x5')

 

Mo Nunn Racing, Indianapolis, IN

 

55.

 

1 Each Petty Banner (2'x1.5')

 

R. Petty Organization, Orlando, FL

 

56.

 

1 Each Foundation Banner (3'x5')

 

Moody Gardens Foundation, Galveston, TX

 

57.

 

1 Each Amberol Cylinder Phonographic Record

 

Thomas Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, NJ

 

58.

 

1 Each University Banner (2.5'x2')

 

Univ. of Missouri College of Arts and Sciences, Cape Girardeau, MI

 

59.

 

1 Each University Cloth Banner (1.5'x3')

 

Southeast Missouri State Univ. Physics Dept., Cape Girardeau, MI

 

60.

 

1 Each University Cloth Banner (1.5'x3')

 

Southeast Missouri State Univ. Math and Science Center

 

61.

 

1 Each Fraternity Lapel Pin

 

Lamda Phi of Alpha Phi Fraternity, Boston, MA

 

62.

 

1 Each Rotary Club Flag (1.5"x2")

 

Lombard Rotary Club, Lombard, IL

 

63.

 

1 Each Club Flag (18"x12")

 

Ballybunion Golf Club, County Kerry, Ireland

 

64.

 

1 Each Club Flag (18"x12")

 

Royal & Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrews, Scotland

 

65.

 

1 Each Course Flag (18"x12")

 

St. Andrews Golf Course, St. Andrews, Scotland

 

66.

 

1 Each Club Banner (18"x12")

 

Glenbard East High School, Lombard, IL

 

67.

 

1 Each Golf Flag (18"x12")

 

Golf Scotland, St. Andrews, Scotland

 

68.

 

1 Each Golf Links Flag (3'x5')

 

Old Head Golf Links, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

 

69.

 

1 Each School Banner (3'x5')

 

Ballybunion Boy's School, Ballybunion, Ireland

 

70.

 

1 Each School Banner (3'x5')

 

Rockboro School, County Cork, Ireland

 

71.

 

1 Each School Banner (3'x5')

 

North Presentation Primary School, Cork, Ireland

 

72.

 

1 Each Restaurant Banner (3'x5')

 

The Tzar Restaurant, Skibbereen, Ireland

 

73.

 

1 Each Group 10 Patch

 

Submarine Group Ten, Kings Bay, GA

 

74.

 

1 Each Shoulder Board (5.5"x2.5")

 

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 

75.

 

1 Each US Navy Flag (1.5"x1")

 

USS Coronado, San Diego, CA

 

76.

 

1 Each US Navy Flag (1.5"x1")

 

United States Naval Academy, Alumni Association, Annapolis, MD

 

77.

 

1 Each NFO Wings

 

Training Squadron 10, Pensacola, FL

 

78.

 

1 Each School T-Shirt

 

Knowlton Township Elementary, Knowlton, NJ

 

79.

 

1 Each Document (First Report from the year 1903) (6"x3")

 

Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket, MA

 

80.

 

1 Each Rotary Club Banner (10"x7")

 

Nantucket Island Rotary Club, Nantucket, MA

 

81.

 

1 Each US Navy Flag (1.5"x1")

 

United States Navy, Washington, DC

 

82.

 

1 Each Space Warfare Center Patch

 

Space Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, CO

 

83.

 

1 Each Fire Department T-Shirt

 

Deer Park Fire Department, Deer Park, TX

 

84.

 

1 Each Space Command Patch

 

Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO

 

85.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

1st Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO

 

86.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO

 

87.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

3rd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO

 

88.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

4th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO

 

89.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

21st Space Operations Squadron, Onizuka AFS, CA

 

90.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

22nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO

 

91.

 

1 Each Squadron Patch

 

23rd Space Operations Squadron, New Boston AFS, NH

 

92.

 

1 Each Gold Astronaut Pin

 

Agency Presentation, Houston, TX

 

93.

 

1 Each Navy Wings

 

Agency Presentation, Houston, TX

 

94.

 

1 Each Gold Astronaut Pin

 

Agency Presentation, Houston, TX

 

95.

 

1 Each Gold Astronaut Pin

 

Agency Presentation, Houston, TX

 

96.

 

1 Each Texas Pennant

 

Armand Bayou Elementary School, Houston, Texas

 

97.

 

1 Each Sorority Photograph

 

Chi Omega Sorority, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

 

98.

 

1 Each Town Seal

 

Town of Holly Hill, SC, Holly Hill, SC

 

99.

 

I Each Academy Shirt

 

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 

100.

 

1 Each Alumni Flag (3'x5')

 

USNA Alumni Association, Annapolis, MD

 

101.

 

1 Each Class Flag (3'x5')

 

USNA Class of 1971 Assoc., Annapolis, MD

 

102.

 

1 Each Center Banner

 

U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL

 

103.

 

1 Each Lander University Pennant

 

Lander University, Greenwood, SC

 

104.

 

1 Each MIR Signature Wheels

 

ISS Program, Houston, TX

 

105.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Russian Space Agency, Russia

 

106.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Russia

 

107.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Mordovia School, Russia

 

108.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

GCTC, 1st Department, Russia

 

109.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

GCTC, 2nd Department, Russia

 

110.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

GCTC, 3rd Department, Russia

 

111.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Air Force Academy, Russia

 

112.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Military Air Force School, Russia

 

113.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Mission Control Center, Russia

 

114.

 

1 Each Russian Flag (4"x6")

 

Energia RSC, Russia

 

115.

 

1 Each Flag

 

Clear Creek School Band Booster, League City, TX

 

116.

 

1 Each Felt Banner

 

John Carroll University, University Heights, OH

 

117.

 

1 Each Baseball Cap

 

Joshua Elementary, Lancaster, CA

 

118.

 

1 Each Paperweight

 

Kent State University, Kent, OH

 

119.

 

1 Each School Banner

 

St. Care School, Lyndhurst, OH

 

120.

 

1 Each Scrapbook

 

Joshua Elementary, Lancaster, CA

 

121.

 

1 Each Patch

 

USAF Space Command, Colorado Springs, CO

 

122.

 

1 Each Sticker

 

Clear Creek High School, League City, TX

 

123.

 

1 Each Picture

 

Caribbean Preparatory School, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

124.

 

1 Each Admiral Flag

 

Submarine Group 10, King's Bay, GA

 

125.

 

1 Each Letter Head

 

University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

 

126.

 

1 Each Patch

 

Edward HG. White II Memorial Aerospace Museum, San Antonio, TX

 

127.

 

1 Each 1950 Class Ring

 

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

 

128.

 

1 Each Patch

 

USNA Class of 1979, Annapolis, MD

 

129.

 

1 Each Anchor Insignia

 

USNA, Annapolis, MD

 

130.

 

1 Each Patch

 

Attack Squadron 34, Virginia Beach, VA

 

131.

 

1 Each Nametag

 

US Navy Test Pilot School, Paxtuxent River, MD

 

132.

 

1 Each Patch

 

USS America, Norfolk, VA

 

133.

 

1 Each Varsity Medallion

 

Vestal High School, Vestal, NY

 

134.

 

1 Each Small United States Lapel Pin

 

JSC Presentation

 

135.

 

  1. 1 Each Large United States Flag

  2. 1 Each Large United States Marine Corps Colors Flag

  3. 1 Each Large United States Flag

 

Agency Presentation

136.

 

  1. 23 Each NYC Police Officer Shields

  2. 91 Each NYC Police Officer Patches

  3. Fire Dept. Patches

 

Agency Presentation


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