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Topic: Complete listing of Beta cloth space patches
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benguttery
Member Posts: 547
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-16-2011 05:01 PM
   
Could we nail down a complete list of beta cloth patches? Here we go. I'll update this list as corrections arrive. - American Flag, very small (2 3/8 inches x 1.25 inches in size)
- American Flag, small (4x6 inches in size)
- American Flag, medium (5x7 inches in size)
- American Flag, large (6.5 x 8.5 inches in size)
- 2TV-1
- Apollo 7
- Apollo 8
- Apollo 9
- Apollo 10
- Apollo 11
- Apollo 11, same, but does not have the text "Apollo XI"
- Apollo 11, about 10 inches in diameter
- Apollo 12
- Apollo 13
- Apollo 14
- Apollo 15
- Apollo 16
- Apollo 17
- Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT)
- Skylab 1
- Skylab 2
- Skylab 3
- Apollo-Soyuz
- NASA meatball logo
- NASA worm logo (small text)
- NASA worm logo (large text)
Other: - Apollo 11, not exactly beta cloth, odd colors, red border, about 3.75 inches in diameter
- Apollo 11 style, but shows lunar lander and includes the text "Man on the Moon" and "June 20, 1969"
updated 4/25/11, 6/21/11 |
apollo11lem5
Member Posts: 528
From: Seminole, Florida, United States
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-16-2011 10:24 PM
I love that someone else has interest in the beta patches! I have all the ones you listed but also have two others. I have a shoulder beta patch of a "space walker". I have it signed by Bruce McCandless and Story Musgrave. I also have a beta patch from STS-6 from the Paul Weitz collection. Just how many different shuttle related beta patches exist... who knows? I eagerly look forward to seeing how many others are mentioned. Great Job Ben! |
Spacepsycho
Member Posts: 818
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 04-17-2011 03:16 AM
I've got an STS-5 flown beta cloth patch that's 9" x 9" with registration lines. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 04-17-2011 10:25 AM
I have an Apollo 11 Beta cloth patch in which the emblem is about 8" in diameter. I think it was made as a commemorative issue. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-17-2011 10:42 AM
I believe at some point, space shuttle-era silk-screened emblems ceased being Beta cloth patches as the material used was changed to Ortho-Fabric.Just as with the Apollo astronauts, shuttle astronauts who perform spacewalks are permitted to keep their Ortho-Fabric patches and stripes from their EMU spacesuits. Unlike Apollo however, additional Ortho-Fabric patches are not flown (or seemingly produced) as mementos. |
benguttery
Member Posts: 547
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-20-2011 05:12 PM
Could someone help with the actual size of the #11 above. This is the big Apollo 11 patch. I don't recall it's size. Is it 8 inches in size? I think that may be what ILBASSO is referring to. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 542
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 04-20-2011 10:35 PM
The larger Apollo 11 betas are 10" diameter. |
JFS61
Member Posts: 101
From: Bryan, Texas USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 04-21-2011 04:05 AM
There are a couple more out there as well, but it's been many years since I've seen them offered for sale. The first was one that was offered in celebration of stamp collecting exposition during the early 70's, and the other was a cartoon drawing of a stag's head with its tongue sticking out, which I was told was an inside joke regarding Alan Shepard(?), and if I recall correctly, made at his request. Unfortunately, the screen captures that I had of them were lost years ago in a computer crash. As for their size, I don't properly recall, but they may have been the same size as the large Apollo 11s. If anyone out there has a better memory than me, or better yet, copies of these, it would great if you could please fill us in on the proper details. |
MikeSpace
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posted 04-24-2011 06:48 PM
This site mentions, and has a great picture of, an 8 inch diameter Apollo 11 Beta. Collector had it signed by Aldrin, Collins, Duke and McCandless.Whether it's 8 or 10 inches, it's a really nice presentation of signatures. Perhaps the owner is a cS member/visitor? |
benguttery
Member Posts: 547
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-24-2011 08:58 PM
Okay, are the large Apollo 11 patches 8 or 10 inches in diameter? |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 04-25-2011 02:34 AM
The printed design is about 10" across. |
benguttery
Member Posts: 547
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-25-2011 12:47 PM
Updated. Thanks. |
MikeSpace
unregistered
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posted 05-12-2011 01:05 PM
Here are three of the Apollo 11 betas mentioned, with a CD-ROM for scale.The large one is 10 inches across. |
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