NASA Get Away Special Decal

This NASA Get Away Special decal was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. The Get Away Special, officially known as the Small, Self-Contained Payloads program, offered interested individuals or groups outside of NASA the opportunity to fly experiments aboard the space shuttle. NASA rotated payload assignments among three major categories of users (educational, foreign, and commercial) to assure that diverse groups had access to space. The program was canceled after the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107 in 2003.