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Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-13-2008 12:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
STS-127/Endeavour mission patch

STS-127 will launch and install the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section. The facility will provide a type of "front porch" for experiments in the exposed environment, and a robotic arm that will be attached to the Kibo Pressurized Module and used to position experiments outside the station. The mission will include five spacewalks.

Mark Polansky will command shuttle Endeavour, targeted to launch in 2009. Douglas Hurley will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are Christopher Cassidy, Thomas Marshburn, David Wolf and Julie Payette, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut.

GoesTo11
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posted 11-13-2008 01:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GoesTo11   Click Here to Email GoesTo11     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I like it... Simple and elegant.

I do think the astronaut symbol is a little overused, though.

lucspace
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posted 11-13-2008 04:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lucspace   Click Here to Email lucspace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is a great one, very powerful... a perfect example of 'less is more'.

328KF
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posted 11-13-2008 11:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 328KF   Click Here to Email 328KF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is probably the best patch design I have seen in years! Robert, can you tell us who designed it?

ShuttleDiscovery
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posted 11-14-2008 12:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ShuttleDiscovery     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by GoesTo11:
I do think the astronaut symbol is a little overused, though.
No, that's the 'A' from the JAXA logo!

I really like that patch!

Philip
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posted 11-14-2008 12:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good design!

Tom
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posted 11-14-2008 12:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great design!

Jay Chladek
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posted 11-14-2008 06:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jay Chladek   Click Here to Email Jay Chladek     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Actually it looks like it is both the A and a modified astro logo as one can see the three vectors below the star "A" logo.

Great patch, powerful and elegant. Very well done.

ShuttleDiscovery
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posted 11-15-2008 11:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ShuttleDiscovery     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is definately the most simple patch since STS-120.

NavySpaceFan
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posted 11-18-2008 04:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NavySpaceFan   Click Here to Email NavySpaceFan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very nice!!!!

Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-30-2008 09:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For those not yet aware, collectSPACE members Tim Gagnon (KSCArtist) and Jorge Cartes (KAPTEC) designed this insignia.

Their first collaboration was the STS-126 patch.

Tom
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posted 11-30-2008 09:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Tim, Jorge... congratulations on a truly awesome design! You guys must be awefully proud!

SpaceAholic
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posted 11-30-2008 09:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceAholic   Click Here to Email SpaceAholic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just one more reason why the cS community is so special. Kudo's to the both of you Jorge and Tim..

lm5eagle
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posted 11-30-2008 10:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lm5eagle   Click Here to Email lm5eagle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Jorge and Tim, delighted to hear this this most classy of designs is your brainchild.

Its a real work of art. I love your use of the letter from the JAXA logo.

As a collector, many thanks.

NavySpaceFan
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posted 11-30-2008 10:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NavySpaceFan   Click Here to Email NavySpaceFan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Two for two, well done gentlemen!

KSCartist
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posted 11-30-2008 12:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From both of us -

Thanks everyone, we are proud of each other and our collaboration on these projects. We both like designing patches and enjoy sending ideas back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean for feedback and/or modifications either in the USA or in Spain.

The crews, involved since the beginning have the last word (as they should) on our work and then after approval by NASA HQ the design becomes a new patch of which we are proud and happy like the "fathers of a new emblem."

With all of the incredible talent out there we are also grateful that we have been selected as many times as we have.

Thanks,
Tim and Jorge.

spaceman
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posted 11-30-2008 01:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceman   Click Here to Email spaceman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
An example of the STS-127 patch design can be seen here on this new portrait of Christopher Cassidy.

Well done Tim and Jorge.

webhamster
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posted 11-30-2008 08:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for webhamster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is there a symbolic meaning to having 10 stars on the patch?

EPick
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posted 11-30-2008 08:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for EPick   Click Here to Email EPick     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Awesome work again guys! Can't wait to see what else you two have cooking!

Harald Kraenzel
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posted 12-01-2008 03:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Harald Kraenzel   Click Here to Email Harald Kraenzel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Tim and Jorge, great to see another beautiful patch from you. Congratulation.

KSCartist
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posted 12-01-2008 03:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by webhamster:
Is there a symbolic meaning to having 10 stars on the patch?
Ten stars for the number of people on orbit. Seven aboard the orbiter and three on the ISS.

Thank you everyone for all the compliments, but as with designs that aren't as popular, the credit goes to the crew. We are just the fortunate ones who get to do the work.

KAPTEC
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posted 12-01-2008 04:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KAPTEC   Click Here to Email KAPTEC     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And ten stars has another meaning... 1+2+7 = 10. Thank you everyone guys.

freedom7
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posted 12-01-2008 10:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for freedom7   Click Here to Email freedom7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This patch is beautiful! Best mission patch I have seen in years.

buckeyecal
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posted 12-02-2008 01:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for buckeyecal   Click Here to Email buckeyecal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wanted to thank Tim for accepting a "slice" of my thoughts for this BEAUTIFUL work those two came up with! Almost there...

Mike Dixon
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posted 12-02-2008 09:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike Dixon   Click Here to Email Mike Dixon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
...and browsing thru the Human Spaceflight Gallery today, I noticed the patch on two new WSS (Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy) portraits.

Well done gentlemen

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posted 12-07-2008 02:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ShuttleAtlantis   Click Here to Email ShuttleAtlantis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The best patch I have seen in a while, great job.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-03-2009 05:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here is the AB Emblem patch:

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-15-2009 08:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
STS-127 (2J/A) payload emblem:

KAPTEC
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posted 04-19-2009 01:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KAPTEC   Click Here to Email KAPTEC     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Anyone knows if Winco is going to make a pin of this mission patch? AB's is not a very good repro...

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-19-2009 01:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Winco makes pins for every shuttle mission, as they are NASA's choice supplier (much like AB Emblem is for patches).

JFS61
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posted 04-19-2009 04:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for JFS61   Click Here to Email JFS61     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That payload patch makes my eyes hurt.

KAPTEC
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posted 05-14-2009 06:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KAPTEC   Click Here to Email KAPTEC     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Winco 127 pin will be available in two or three weeks.

Jacques van Oene
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posted 11-03-2009 12:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jacques van Oene     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The complete story of the design of the STS-127 crew patch can now be seen on spacepatches.nl. See front page - Latest updates - STS-127.

Thank you Tim, Jorge and the STS-127 crew.

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