This photo exemplifies why I love creating patches. The crew of Artemis II are absolutely wearing all the patches from that career that have signifcant, deep, earned meaing to them. They wear them with pride. Each design has significant meaning to both the individual, the crew and the team that got them there. Godspeed, Artemis II.
Launched in 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to successfully fly by another planet, unlocking Venus' secrets and paving the way for interplanetary exploration. This is a fresh release as part of Retroreocket Emblem's new retro releases to celebrate past missions that lacked an official, commercial patch. The intent is to produce a patch that looks as if it was designed and produced at the time of the mission.
This patch is a 4" patch that shows Mariner 2's flight path to Venus and depics Mariner 2 in orbit of Venus conducting experiments with its radiometer to scan Venus' atmosphere. 
