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Topic: Apollo Moonscape patch
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SXPatches
Member Posts: 10
From: Port Orchard, WA USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 07-22-2020 12:20 PM
   
I'm looking for addition historical information about the Apollo Moonscape patch. I have the information from the A-B Emblem site, but online research has not revealed any more details. |
usafspace
Member Posts: 123
From: Los Angeles, CA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-22-2020 12:24 PM
Info at crewpatches.com. |
SXPatches
Member Posts: 10
From: Port Orchard, WA USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 07-22-2020 12:31 PM
I checked CrewPatches, but did not discover any historical information. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 741
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 08-04-2020 03:00 PM
I have what I presume to be an original version of that patch. It has a bare thread back. So far, I have not found any documentation regarding this patch either. Crewpatches.com shows a type with a heavy black border resulting in a four-inch diameter as well as the more common three-inch version. Mine is the latter. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 558
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-04-2020 06:00 PM
Here is the Apollo Moonscape design as a vintage sticker (top) and decal. |
SXPatches
Member Posts: 10
From: Port Orchard, WA USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 08-04-2020 07:30 PM
Thank you for the replies. This patch is a teaser. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 44427
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-04-2020 08:27 PM
It is possible that the embroidered patches are not original to the program. There are numerous examples of souvenir patches having been produced from artwork that was only used by NASA (or its contractors) in decal or printed form. |
SXPatches
Member Posts: 10
From: Port Orchard, WA USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 08-04-2020 08:48 PM
Very true Robert. The sticker and decal shared by Go4Launch certainly suggests that it was the inspiration for the motif used in the Saturn S-II Test patch. I had wondered if the color scheme of the moonscape in the Saturn S-II Test patch was unique or inspired from a decal or print design. Mystery solved. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 280
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 08-04-2020 10:05 PM
Seeing these pictures of the moon patch remind me of the picture I just saw on page 344 of "How Apollo Flew to the Moon." The artwork in the book is from two Galileo drawings of the Moon from 1610. Not real close but similar in nature. (By the way the book is great!) |
SXPatches
Member Posts: 10
From: Port Orchard, WA USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 08-04-2020 11:28 PM
What an awesome referral! I did not know about this book, and I just bought it. I look forward to flipping to page 344. Thank you. |
SXPatches
Member Posts: 10
From: Port Orchard, WA USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 08-08-2020 02:17 PM
These Galileo drawings of the Moon do suggest that the early Apollo moonscape design may have been inspired by Galileo. 
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