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Topic: STS-130 / Endeavour mission patch
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-18-2009 07:55 PM
   
Click for high resolution. Credit: NASA STS-130 mission patchThe STS-130 patch was designed by the crew to reflect both the objectives of the mission and its place in the history of human spaceflight. The main goal of the mission is to deliver Node 3 and the Cupola to the International Space Station (ISS). Node 3, named Tranquility, will contain life support systems enabling continued human presence in orbit aboard the ISS. The shape of the patch represents the Cupola, which is the windowed robotics viewing station, from which astronauts will have the opportunity not only to monitor a variety of ISS operations, but also to study our home planet. The image of Earth depicted in the patch is the first photograph of the Earth taken from the moon by Lunar Orbiter I on August 23, 1966. As both a past and a future destination for explorers from the planet Earth, the moon is thus represented symbolically in the STS-130 patch. The space shuttle Endeavour is pictured approaching the ISS, symbolizing the space shuttle's role as the prime construction vehicle for the ISS. George Zamka will command the mission, which is targeted to launch on the penultimate flight of Endeavour in February 2010. Terry Virts will serve as pilot. The STS-130 mission specialists are Bob Behnken, Kay Hire, Nick Patrick and Steve Robinson.
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 09-18-2009 08:21 PM
I love this patch! |
pargoo
Member Posts: 67
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2005
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posted 09-18-2009 09:31 PM
Me too! I though the STS-131 was a little too 'busy', especially with the ISS at the bottom, but this rocks. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 09-18-2009 09:42 PM
The decal will be great, but I am not to sure how good the Earth will look in the embroidered patch. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-18-2009 10:55 PM
One of the few patches without the Astronaut symbol involved. I love the symbol, but over-used. Great utilization of the cupola into the patch. Two nagging questions: Why does the swoosh seem to often be yellow and what does the red border signify? |
Marwin2
Member Posts: 139
From:
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 09-19-2009 04:15 AM
Great patch! |
PowerCat
Member Posts: 193
From: Herington, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-19-2009 05:01 AM
Great looking patch. I love the Cupola module theme in the design. |
teopze
Member Posts: 180
From: Warsaw, Poland
Registered: May 2008
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posted 09-19-2009 05:34 AM
Interesting design but I don't like it so much, the Cupola module is too dominant to my taste. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-19-2009 06:27 AM
It's a great patch! I believe Steve Robinson (a fine artist in his own right) was the patch coordinator for this one. The crew came together to design this and as was explained to me - you really couldn't avoid the geometry of the Cupola. It's such a unique shape and will very easily become THE place to go when you want to look out the window. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 09-19-2009 07:23 AM
Looks like a Tie Fighter window. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 09-19-2009 08:51 AM
You would have thought they'd keep the window shut to keep out those pesky mini-Shuttles.  |
embangloy
Member Posts: 75
From: Nashville, TN, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 09-19-2009 12:12 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dogcrew5369:
...what does the red border signify?
I'll take a shot at it. I can assume that the red border around the blue shuttle could have some significance to Col. Zamka being a Marine (I thought of the blue trousers with the blood stripe down the side). Also, Col. Zamka's last mission had a protruding shuttle silhouette as well. I guess that's the Marine coming out of me and having a bias opinion on this. Please correct me if I am wrong. Semper Fi. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-20-2009 09:17 AM
It seems that Tim and I were too near this time... (Sent to the crew on Dec. 2008) |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-20-2009 10:16 AM
I have designed a few beautiful patches and always tried to get as many as possible useful data and heraldics into the designs.Looking back at all STS-missions' patches I really miss an indication to which orbiter was used for each mission. Of course mission patches were made in advance and hardware could be changed just a few weeks before launch so it was difficult to include orbiter info in the STS patches... |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-20-2009 12:34 PM
It would have been neat to have shown the Lunar Orbiter craft that took the photo flying with the shuttle in the same sense as STS-51G with the Wright flyer. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-21-2009 10:55 AM
Meh. Like the concept, lukewarm on the execution. Using the cupola window and view as the primary element is a great idea, but the orbiter depiction is just "blah." Some stars in the background would have been good as well, just to give the design more depth. This from a guy whose most common complaint about patch designs is that there's too MUCH going on...I'm never satisfied |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-22-2009 10:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Greggy_D:
Looks like a Tie Fighter window.
Maybe they could replace the shuttle with an X-wing fighter and dress the crew in stormtrooper uniforms for launch. |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 12-02-2009 06:53 PM
Here is the payload insignia (click on the image for high resolution): |
rasorenson
Member Posts: 96
From: Santa Clara, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 12-02-2009 10:10 PM
Thanks for posting the STS-130 mission/payload insignia. Does anyone know where patches of these designs can be purchased? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-02-2009 11:36 PM
The STS-130 patch has not yet been officially released, in so much that AB Emblem has not begun shipping it. After they do, it should be available through any number of NASA visitor center and space memorabilia specialty shops.There are other companies that produce patches which may have the STS-130 patch available sooner (or now), but depending on your collecting preferences, only the AB Emblem version can be considered official. According to those who work in payload processing, while a small set of embroidered payload patches are created for the team, they are not made available commercially. Again, the same situation may exist as with the mission patch, where unauthorized replicas are produced, but in general the payload (or ISS increment) emblem is not intended for commercial sale. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-07-2009 04:25 PM
AB Emblem has announced they received approval for their STS-130 emblem and will begin shipping soon. |
Marwin2
Member Posts: 139
From:
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 02-10-2010 11:52 AM
Who is the STS-130 patch designer? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-10-2010 11:56 AM
Steve Robinson and Nick Patrick. For the story behind the patch, see our article. Robinson came up with the idea for the patch as he was working in mission control the day after being assigned to Endeavour's crew... |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-10-2010 01:21 PM
As Tranquility Node 3 and the adjoining Cupola was built by the European Space Agency, ESA has its own emblem for the STS-130 mission's payload. 
According to an ESA spokesperson, patches were produced in limited quantity for team members. |
SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 301
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-10-2010 01:51 PM
Is there a hi-res version of this logo at an ESA page? |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 02-12-2010 09:32 AM
Here is the ESA description of the Node 3 patch: The ESA Node-3/Cupola payload patch was designed by ESA's Human Spaceflight Directorate, and shows Node-3 and Cupola in their final configurations attached to the ISS after the launch of STS-130 on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The structure of the ISS is outlined in the background, and a completed ISS is shown in blue in the foreground. Earth is positioned with Europe clearly visible, and one of the ISS solar panels points to Italy, home to the prime contractor for building both Node-3 and Cupola. The six stars represent the six areas of contribution from Europe to ISS hardware (the Columbus laboratory, Nodes-2 and -3, the Automated Transfer Vehicles, the European Robotic Arm, the Data Management System (DMS-R) and the Cupola observation module).
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tncmaxq
Member Posts: 287
From: New Haven, CT USA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 02-13-2010 06:29 PM
Anyone have a source on getting the 3/4" sized lapel pins with mission insignias? The 1" ones are easy to find but I always liked the smaller ones too. Seems almost impossible to find them but I have seen them at Space Shirts in Merritt Island. I was so glad to get one with the 130 insignia and now it looks like I lost it.  Might have left it behind in my hotel or in the rental car. Hoping I can order another one from Space Shirts. Don't know why they are the only ones who carry them though. If anyone knows where I can get the smaller ones, let me know. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-13-2010 06:42 PM
quote:
Originally posted by tncmaxq:
Don't know why they are the only ones who carry them though.
NASA's official lapel pin supplier is Winco International, which produces the 1" pin for NASA, Boeing, United Space Alliance and other contractors (at least Boeing and USA have custom orders with their respective logo on the reverse rather than 'NASA' which is also sold to the public). The smaller pins are likely the product of a souvenir manufacturer, which explains their limited availability. (Since STS-122, AB Emblem has also produced mission pins, usually slightly larger than Winco's -- their STS-130 pin is about a quarter-inch larger -- and they may have some smaller NASA contracts, but Winco remains the pin flown in space and used by the crew and mission team members.) You should be able to order a replacement from Space Shirts through their website. |
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