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You will notice that this site does not have a traditional cart. If you order multiple items, each item is a separate Paypal transaction, however, if you order multiple items, I will refund the extra shipping when I receive your order. I am working on a better solution. Thank you!

 

 

Gemini 5 Crew Souvenir Replica

Retrorocket Emblems is excited to release the Gemini 5 "Crew Souvenir" replica patch. This is the first time this style of patch has been made as a replica. Patch is 4" in diameter. 

 

 

Mercury Spacecraft Art Patches

Project Mercury was NASA first major project toward putting an American on the moon. Seven astronauts were selected to undergo these missions to evaluate how human's performed in space. 
 
Each of the mercury spacecraft was adorned with unique artwork of various styling reflecting the astronaut's chosen name for their spacecraft. While some of the artwork was simple lettering, the more flourished artwork was painted by artist Cece Bibby. 
 
The "official" Mercury patches that have been in circulation for decades are a notoriously lackluster series of patches. Eventually a set of simple, round patches were produced that more faithfully reproduced the spacecraft's respective artwork, but this set is hard to find and has been out of production for a long time. 
 
Originally I had planned to augment that set with just two designs: "Delta 7" and "Freedom 7 II" fantasy patches for two missions that never came to be. While Deke Slayton's "Delta 7" artwork is purely fantasy, Shepard's second flight actually has artwork on the capsule at the National Air and Space Museum. 
 
To differentiate these patches from the other sets, I have designed to them to appear as they did on the corrugated metal skin of the spacecraft.   
 
 

SpaceX First Crew Dragon Splashdown Commemorative

Another milestone in the crewed Dragon capsule program was a successful splashdown at sea after docking and undocking from the ISS. 

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SpaceX Starhopper Commemorative

On August 27, 2019, SpaceX flew its ungainly "Starhopper" test vehicle on a 150M flight at its Boca Chica Texas facilities. The squatty appearance of the vehicle gave it many nicknames including the "Flying Water Tower". The successful test of the Raptor engine means the continuation of the Starship program for SpaceX. 

 

 

6" Dyna Soar Project Patch

The original patch was spotted as part of the historic Armstrong family collectible auctions in 2019. Previous Dyna Soar project patches have been produced but the auction listing for Neil Armstrongs patch revealed the detail of the patch which allowed me to create this high-fidelity replica. Limited to 50 patches. 

Original at Armstrong Auction Retrorocket Emblem's Replica

 

Two New SpaceX Commemoratives!

Earlier this year the world was mesmerized by the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch. Not only did this showcase their new Heavy Booster, it was also a marketing coup with the launch of Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster into space. The world watched for hours as the car and it's passenger the "Starman" orbited the Earth. I designed a commemorative patch for the occasion, and in my usual fashion, launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the prodution of the patch. The campaign was such a success that I decided that I should add a "stretch goal" of an additional patch to all of the backers. The second patch commemorates the first attempt to land three boosters similtanously. Even though only two landed successfully, it was an still an amazing feat. 

Now that all of the Kickstarter orders are fulfilled I can open sales of the patches to the public. 

Wed
09/18/19

What Bonus Patch Design do you want with your Starhopper patch?

Due to the incredible support from the Kickstarter backers, I have decided to use some of the funds to gift everyone with a bonus patch. Polling ends September 22.

First Crew Dragon splashdown
50% (38 votes)
First Faring Capture / Ms. Tree Boat
50% (38 votes)
Total votes: 76

SOFIA series

I have been fortunate and delighted to design a series of patches for NASA's flyign telescope SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy).

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Green Thumb On Orbit

I was inspired by Scott Kelly's ability to revive the Zinnias on the ISS, so I put together a concept patch to commemorate it. While it has been made known that this isn't the first flower in space, it may be the first non-food flower? I was thinking of expanding the name list on the patch to include other astronauts who have grown flowers in space: 

  • Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov (Salyut 1): Flax
  • Valentin Lebedev (Salyut 7): Arabidopsis thaliana
  • STS-51: Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Leonid Kadeniuk (STS-87): Brassica Rapa
  • Don Pettit (ISS-30/31): Zuchini and Sunflower
     

 

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