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Topic: STS-400 (STS-125 LON) mission patches

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 06-08-2009 09:00 PM And now for the STS-400 patch you didn't see... <center><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/sts400_patch05.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="417"> <font size="-2">The above art [b]may not be reproduced[/b] without permission of the artists and/or collectSPACE.</font></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>On March 28, 2009, the same day that Discovery landed with the STS-119 crew, astronaut Chris Ferguson asked artist Tim Gagnon if he could design him a patch. Ferguson and his STS-400 crewmates were not satisfied with the designs that they had (especially the Saint Bernard crew patch inherited from the former STS-400 members). Gagnon teamed again with Jorge Cartes and submitted four drafts. This design was favored by the STS-400 crew of Ferguson, Eric Boe, Stephen Bowen and Shane Kimbrough. Since there was never a formal review, we will never know if it would have been the patch that they wore. <CENTER>[b]STS-400 Patch, Draft Four[/b]</center> This design for the STS-400 space shuttle launch-on-need (LON) mission uses the international nautical symbol of a lifesaver as the basis for the patch. It provides an instantly recognizable design element as well as natural spacing for the crew members' surnames. Endeavour is shown rendezvousing with Atlantis to affect the rescue. The gold astronaut symbol illustrates astronauts helping astronauts. The orbital trajectory of the astronaut symbol reaches from one orbiter to the other to symbolize the safe transfer of the crew from the stricken to the rescue ship. The inner blue circle represents Earth. The rays from the astronaut symbol touch the circle to represent the safe return of the STS-125 crew. Stars may have been added to represent all eleven astronauts.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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