{"id":8622,"date":"2022-03-21T14:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asc\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:51:02","slug":"this-week-in-university-history-space-shuttle-discovery-mission-patch-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2022\/03\/this-week-in-university-history-space-shuttle-discovery-mission-patch-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in University History &#8211; Space Shuttle Discovery Mission Patch presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 24, 2022 will mark the 30th anniversary of Astronaut and Photographer Roberta Bondar&#8217;s visit to Ryerson to present then President Terry Grier with space mission patches &#8211; including one bearing the school&#8217;s coat of arms, that had been to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.ryerson.ca\/index.php\/framed-collages-from-roberta-bondars-space-mission\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"531\" data-attachment-id=\"8635\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/rg12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2268\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G991W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1647853139&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025018002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-600x531.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-600x531.jpg\" alt=\"Space Shuttle Discovery mission patches and Ryerson crest patch (RG 12.85), image\" class=\"wp-image-8635 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-600x531.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-1536x1361.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/RG12_85_framed_space_uniform_patches-2048x1814.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/531;\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-text\">Space Shuttle Discovery mission patches and Ryerson crest patch (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.ryerson.ca\/index.php\/framed-collages-from-roberta-bondars-space-mission\">RG 12.85<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Why would these be presented to our school? Because Roberta Bondar had been studying and researching the effect of blood flow under weightless conditions and its effect on space adaptation (dizziness, nausea etc) with the help of Ryerson&#8217;s Centre for Advanced Technology Education (CATE). Under contract with the Canadian Space Agency, researchers at CATE were working on experiment methodology, modeling, evaluation, data collection and analysis.  You can read more about relationship in the following articles from the Forum Newsletter: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/Vol_17_No_8_Feb_21_1992_page4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Forum Newsletter Vol_17_No_8_Feb_21_1992_page4..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1fcf96b3-0ba8-442f-86b6-819394197828\" href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/Vol_17_No_8_Feb_21_1992_page4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forum Newsletter Vol_17_No_8_Feb_21_1992_page4<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/Vol_17_No_9_Mar_13_1992_page5.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Forum Newsletter Vol_17_No_9_Mar_13_1992_page5..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ddecb531-6b71-4db8-b651-e8dfd76b81ea\" href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/Vol_17_No_9_Mar_13_1992_page5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forum Newsletter Vol_17_No_9_Mar_13_1992_page5<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/Forum_Newsletter_Vol_17_No_10_Apr_3_1992.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Forum_Newsletter_Vol_17_No_10_Apr_3_1992..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a28017bd-91c6-4c2d-bba3-8f1d01c9c984\" href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/Forum_Newsletter_Vol_17_No_10_Apr_3_1992.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forum_Newsletter_Vol_17_No_10_Apr_3_1992<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 24, 2022 will mark the 30th anniversary of Astronaut and Photographer Roberta Bondar&#8217;s visit to Ryerson to present then President Terry Grier with space mission patches &#8211; including one bearing the school&#8217;s coat of arms, that had been to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2022\/03\/this-week-in-university-history-space-shuttle-discovery-mission-patch-presentation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,186,10,201],"tags":[247,248,245,246],"class_list":["post-8622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","category-did-you-know","category-feature-from-the-collections","category-points-of-interest","tag-cate","tag-research","tag-roberta-bondar","tag-space-flight"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HpLS-2f4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8622"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8663,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions\/8663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}