• A mission patch is a cloth reproduction of a spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts and other personnel affiliated with that mission. It is usually...
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    stripes Mike Fincke (EV2): blue stripes The design of the Expedition 9 mission patch includes a tribute to astronauts and cosmonauts who gave their lives...
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  • oversees an upcoming mission. The Base Commander then selects another celebrity to be "Mission Specialist", who helps oversee the mission and becomes immune...
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    Russian segment of the International Space Station. The Expedition 3 mission patch depicts the book of space history, turning from the chapter with the...
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  • Other types of collectible patches include police or service patches, space mission patches, Scout patches, fashion patches, political and sports stickers...
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    to station maintenance, the crew assisted in several station assembly missions, welcomed the first space tourist Dennis Tito, and conducted some scientific...
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  • Blue Origin NS-28 (category New Shepard missions)
    behind the mission patch: https://bit.ly/3Z4U6m2" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via Twitter. "New Shepard's Crewed NS-28 Mission Targets Liftoff...
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    Boyington was the inspiration for the NROL-82 mission patch that launched in April 2021. ("GPB" on the shoulder patch and an F4U Corsair in the background) In...
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    NASA personnel carried a U.S. flag onto the field. The Astros wore the mission patch on their sleeves the entire season. On February 1, 2004, the first anniversary...
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    Ramses (spacecraft) (category Missions to asteroids)
    Italia SpA for preliminary work on the mission in October 2024 and has also unveil the official mission patch. A funding decision is expected to be made...
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    with embroidered patches. They are also used by space agencies on the uniforms of astronauts to denote the mission (mission patch). Patches are collected...
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    November 17 B13 and S31 conducted a partial tanking test ahead of launch. The mission profile for flight test 6 mirrored the trajectory of flight test 5, with...
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  • spaceflight missions conducted by the Soviet space program. These missions belong to the Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz space programs. The first patch from the...
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    four to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-August 2024, the mission was delayed by more than a month due to technical issues with the Boeing...
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    also allowed for multiple flights of the same vehicle configuration and mission profile. However, because SpaceX chose to modify both in an attempt to...
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    Apollo 1 (category Apollo program missions)
    carried aboard all crewed Apollo missions. Grissom's crew received approval in June 1966 to design a mission patch with the name Apollo 1 (though the...
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    It was designed by the University of Colorado Boulder. The Artemis I mission patch was created by NASA designers of the SLS, Orion spacecraft and Exploration...
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  • Blue Origin NS-19 (category New Shepard missions)
    to launch on 9 December 2021, later delayed to 11 December 2021. The mission patch of the flight also featured the initials of Glen de Vries who died in...
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    STS-51-C (category Space Shuttle missions)
    first Space Shuttle mission totally dedicated to the U.S. Department of Defense, hence the DoD central eagle on the mission patch. The five stars on the...
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    1969 Apollo 11 Moon mission on the reverse. Both sides were designed by Frank Gasparro, with the reverse based on the mission patch designed by astronaut...
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  • Blue Origin NS-26 (category New Shepard missions)
    Blue Origin NS-26 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, launched on August 29, 2024, using the New Shepard rocket. The flight's...
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    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific Garbage Patch) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the...
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    was expected to be a brief visit as part of the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. However, their spacecraft experienced technical issues and returned to...
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    flight and the 17th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will transport four crew members – NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole...
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    it launched too early or too late. This book ran for 117 pages. The mission patch of Apollo 11 was the creation of Collins. Jim Lovell, the backup commander...
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    STS-6 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    field of the mission patch, and its hexagonal shape, indicate the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. NASA...
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    Europa Clipper (previously known as Europa Multiple Flyby Mission) is a space probe developed by NASA to study Europa, a Galilean moon of Jupiter. It...
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    STS-4 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    streak on the mission patch forms the numeral "4", indicating the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. NASA...
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    (also SL-2 and SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo command and service...
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    Pilot for Conrad's mission, which ended up being Apollo 12, the second lunar landing. In his honor—on Bean's suggestion—the mission patch had four stars instead...
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