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.
The airframe that NASA modified for this project had a former life as Pan American World Airlines' "Clipper Lindbergh" (and still bears this name on her fuselage).
This patch commemorates her 45 years of service as a passenger and science platform for both Pan Am and NASA and her dedication to Charles Lindbergh's contribution to aerospace history.
This patch is 4" high (about 7" wide).
If you purchase today, your order will be fulfilled in mid-to-late Febrary 2023. I am ordering a new batch that will have to be manufactured and there is a bit of lead time.
USA/WWNT = USA domestic or World Wide, No Tracking
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.
Ham the Astro Chimp was launched on a sub-orbital flight on January 31, 1961 atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket as part of Project Mercury. The name “Ham” was given to the chimpanzee only after his successful mission. NASA was concerned with the potential of bad publicity surrounding the possibility of a failed mission with a named chimp on board, so until after his mission, Ham was known as “No. 65” and among his handlers, he was known as “Chop Chop Chang”.
The Apollo-Saturn 201 (AS-201) mission was an unmanned suborbital flight to test the Saturn IB launch vehicle and the Apollo Command and Service Modules. It was the first flight of the two-stage Saturn IB. The objectives of the flight were to verify the structural integrity, launch loads, stage separation, and operation of subsystems of the Saturn 1B, and evaluate the Apollo spacecraft subsystems, heatshield, and mission support facilities. The patch depicts the Saturn IB rising atop a column of fire and smoke and the Command Module re-entering the atmosphere.
AS-202 Commemorative Patch
