Recieve one of each cut and uncut Apollo 7 crew replica patches.

This will ship late March 2025.

Retrorocket Emblems is excited to finally release their Apollo 7 replica.  I have wanted to replicate this patch for almost 10 years. There were a lot of challenges in producing this patch because the original version of this patch had so many unique production features that are distinct to the long outmoded Schiffli embroidery machine. While modern multi-head embroidery machines produce beautiful work, there was a certain quality and style that was lost when the older machines were replaced. I did my best to re-create some of these artifacts with this Apollo 7 replica. One of the unique attributes of this particular patch is the rather rough nature of all the detail work on the Apollo CSM. Details that even varied across individual patches. Fine details were a distinct challenge in the era when the embroidery machines were programmed using punched paper tape. Another difficult element to reproduce was the classic Schiffli fill style. Modern machines have a very difficult time accurately reproducing it. Having said all that, I hope you enjoy this reproduction as much as I do, and I hope it finds a welcome place in your collection.  

This version is cut from the twill and reflects the version as worn by the crew on their recovery. 

Retrorocket Emblems is excited to finally release their Apollo 7 replica.  I have wanted to replicate this patch for almost 10 years. There were a lot of challenges in producing this patch because the original version of this patch had so many unique production features that are distinct to the long outmoded Schiffli embroidery machine. While modern multi-head embroidery machines produce beautiful work, there was a certain quality and style that was lost when the older machines were replaced. I did my best to re-create some of these artifacts with this Apollo 7 replica. One of the unique attributes of this particular patch is the rather rough nature of all the detail work on the Apollo CSM. Details that even varied across individual patches. Fine details were a distinct challenge in the era when the embroidery machines were programmed using punched paper tape. Another difficult element to reproduce was the classic Schiffli fill style. Modern machines have a very difficult time accurately reproducing it. Having said all that, I hope you enjoy this reproduction as much as I do, and I hope it finds a welcome place in your collection.  

On January 16, 2025, SpaceX completed it's seventh integrated flight test of the Starship Super heavy booster and Starship. Originally, this patch would commemorate other milestones from this flight including the deployment of 10 Starlink simulation satellites and the first reflight of a Raptor engine, #314, which is also the first three digits of pi. However, the failure of the Starship led to a last minute change in the design of the patch. Instead it depicts the dramatic breakup of S33 over Turks & Caicos. I hope in the future I can redo the artwork for the Starlink simulator deployment. 

The patch is 4 inches wide and should delivery in late-February 2025. 

History was made again with the Starship Heavy program on October 13, 2024 when the Starship booster returned to base and was captured by the enormous "chopsticks" on its launch tower. Millions watched in awe as a 17-story object landed precisely and safely captured for reuse. This patch from Retrorocket Emblems is a bit different than previous offerings and goes with a bold Japanese style with literal chopsticks gripping Booster 12 with the text that translates to "SPACE IS DELICIOUS!". The patch is 4" wide and delivery is anticipated for mid-November. 

SpaceX launched Starship Heavy Integrated Flight Test 4 on June 6, 2024 to great success. The flight met every milestone for the mission: hot stage ring separation, booster soft-landing on water, and Starship reentry survival (also with a soft-landing). Initially I designed the patch to highlight the booster soft-landing. After watching the launch, the clear universal highlight was "The Little Flap That Could": the incredibly resilient forward flap that still performed it's tasks despite the substantial damage due to thermal tile loss on re-entry. I decided to go with the original design as this was the original major milestone of this flight test, as it paves the way to actual booster capture and recovery at the launch tower. The patch depicts Booster 11's steamy water landing while Starship 29 continues its flight downrange (there's some artistic license here).

The patch will be 4 inches tall and delivery is expected mid-July 2024. 

On May 6, 2024, Boeing, ULA and NASA will attempt to launch the first crewed flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. This flight is also called Boeing CFT or Boe-CFT. The crew, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have named the spacecraft "Calypso" after reknowned undersea explorer and conservationist Jacques Cousteau's ship the RV Calypso. I wanted to design a patch that celebrates the origin of the spacecraft's name. This patch depicts the Starliner Calypso on re-entry after it has departed the ISS. The patch shows the black of space and the wavy blues of the Earth's oceans. On the horizon is the original MV Calypso. The patch is 4" in diameter. 

If you previously ordered this patch in the original round format, I am in the process of mailing you a replacement at no charge. 

The original version of this patch was a spotted at auction on an orange flight suit once worn by a NASA "Vomit Comet" crew member. The KC-135 was used to simulate weightlessness for brief times for training purposes by climbing and diving on its flight path. The aircraft got its nickname from the common side-effect of these climbs and dives: air sickness. The patch depicts a pooch who is turning green and holding in his vomit whold holding a barf bag. The KC-135 is seen flying behind on it's sinusoidal flight path.

The patch is 4" in diameter.