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.
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.
The set will interlock like this:
Artwork may change slightly in final release.
