commemorative

On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1, Launched in 1977, will achieve a very unique space milestone: surpassing 1 light-day of distance from the Earth (25.9 billion kilometers). No other man-made object has ever attained this achievement.

The patch shows Voyager passing out of the Solar System after it's encounter with Saturn.  In the background of the patch is the infamous photo of Earth that was championed by asrtronomer/philosopher Carl Sagan, as made famous by his quote about the Pale Blue Dot:

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives... on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

The sunbeam is shown and the position of the Pale Blue Dot is right where the Earth is in its orbit around the Sun. 

Carl Sagan also referred to Earth as being the shore of a vast "cosmic ocean", and Voyager 1 is our emissary on that journey.

The patch is 3" tall and features dye-sublimation and embroidery. 

Delivery is expected the third week of October 2026. 

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. 

NASA JPL's innovative, record breaking Ingenuity Mars Helicoper finally made its last flight in January 2024. The helicopter, a secondary payload of the Perseverance Rover flew 72 times in its extended three-year mission. Blade damage finally meant the end of it's career. This patch celebrates its contribution to science. 

The patch is 4" tall.

On April 8, 2024, for the second time in 7 years, the skies over parts of North America will darken as the Moon passes before the Sun for a dramatic total solar eclipse. This patch commemorates that mystical event. The patch will be a unique hybrid of dye-sublimation and classic embroidery for maximum color and detail.

The patch is 4" in diameter and will be a unique hybrid dye-sublimation and embroidered patch to maximize detail and color. 

Patch will ship in late February. 

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)  airborne observatory concludes 12 years of dedicated service in October 2022. This specially-modified Boeing 747SP flies above most of the Earth's water vapor to enable infrared telescope observatons. It has provided a platform for hundreds of observation experiments as well as a tool for STEM outreach to educators. Unlike ground-based observatories, SOFIA has the ability to fly between the north and south hemispheres to maximize night-time observation times during their respective winters. 

Retrorocket Emblems is releasing an Artemis I patch, which is the kick-off patch for a mosaic of patches to be released throughout the span of the Artemis program. These patches will interlock into a larger design and commemorate major milestones of humankind's endeavour to once again land on and explore the moon. I expect there will be at least 8 but possibly up to 12 patches in this set. 

The first patch commemorates the Artemis I un-crewed mission to orbit the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back, which will be an full integrated flight test of the SLS launcher, ICPS stage and Orion spacecraft on a mission to the moon and back. The patch is four inches / 10cm wide. 

The first patch is for the uncrewed Artemis I mission launching in August 2022. 

Everyone breathed their first sign of relief as the Ariane 5 carrying the JSWT parted the skies over South America this morning! So far, so good! Retrorocket Emblems is delighted to make their JWST tribute patch available for pre-order. The patch is 6 inches wide and about 3 inches tall.

This patch will be limited to 50 pieces so once they're gone, they're gone!

Now in stock:  Our exclusive Three Missions - One Month commemorative patch. The patch celebrates the February 2021 arrival of three spacecraft from three nations to the red planet: United Arab Emirates Hope probe, China's Tianwen-1 orbiter and rover and the USA's Perseverance rover. 

The patch is 4" tall and features all three nation's spacecraft around Mars.