16.75x20.75" frame contains two 7.5x9.5" color photos showing the Space Shuttle Discovery launching and landing of STS-51-C, the 15th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. It launched on Jan. 24, 1985, and landed at Kennedy Space Center Jan. 27. STS-51-C was the first shuttle mission to deploy a dedicated US Department of Defense payload, and consequently many mission details remain classified. Display comes w/4" dia. embroidered "Strategic Defense Initiative - Department of Defense" patch that was flown aboard Discovery during the mission. This mission deployed the Strategic Defense Initiative proposed by President Ronald Reagan to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the US from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. This system was nick-named "Star Wars" after the popular sci-fi film. In addition to the photos and patch, display comes w/signed notice noting that the patch flew in space and display has been signed by a General Abe to American Ambassador to Belgium and later the United Kingdom Charles H. Price II and his wife, thanking them for supporting Reagan's initiative. Display is aged but clean and VF/Exc.