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Topic: Soyuz TMA-07M mission patch
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MSS
Member Posts: 633
From: Poland
Registered: May 2003
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posted 07-31-2012 04:59 PM
  
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield gave a first look at the Soyuz TMA-07M crew patch today on Twitter. Our crew Soyuz patch just came out. We love it!  ------------------
Astronauts, Cosmonauts & their flights
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-31-2012 05:55 PM
Soyuz TMA-07M mission patchSoyuz TMA-07M, currently scheduled to launch on Dec. 5, 2012, will deliver Roscosmos cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Chris Hadfield to the International Space Station to join the Expedition 34 and Expedition 35 crews.  |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-01-2012 02:32 AM
The top version was probably created at JSC to simulate embroidered patches in the crew portrait. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3207
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-01-2012 12:49 PM
You don't see the Soyuz launch vehicle too often on a patch. |
buckeyecal
Member Posts: 90
From: soon to be Boise, ID USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-01-2012 01:50 PM
I love how they incorporated "7M" as a stylized flame coming out of the rocket!!! |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-01-2012 04:56 PM
Great design! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 08-01-2012 07:05 PM
Great design! I look forward to adding this to my collection. |
lucspace
Member Posts: 403
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 08-02-2012 10:37 AM
Erik did an outstanding job on designing this one! |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 08-02-2012 10:45 AM
quote:
Originally posted by LM-12:
You don't see the Soyuz launch vehicle too often on a patch.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I remember the Soyuz launch vehicle on a patch was Expedition 9. I may be wrong. Have to review all the patches since this one. And since Marshburn is my hometown hero I have to get this one. When will it be available? |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 08-02-2012 12:02 PM
Romanenko got his rocket at last!  Great patch Erik. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-06-2012 03:32 AM
Thank you all for the nice words! |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-22-2012 12:42 AM
Where can I get one of these patches? Being Marshburn is a native of my town I have to get one. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 12-22-2012 04:12 AM
Contact Jacques van Oene! |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-14-2013 06:19 AM
Now that Soyuz TMA-07M is in the history books, here is the story of the patch.In 2001, I talked to Cece Bibby, the 'mother of all space art', about the designs she had painted on the Mercury capsules back in 1962. She told me some wonderful stories, some of which were later published on her website and used by others for some nice articles. What stood out to everyone, was her wry sense of humor and her love for practical jokes. One of the biggest surprises she had for me, was that the '7' on Scott Carpenter's Aurora-7 had been blue. Cece explained to me that she was glad she had not painted it red (as I somehow believed it had been), because Aurora turned out to be the name of the ship that had fired the first round in the Russian Revolution. "The USSR had a thing about the color red," she noted. In 2004, through Spacepatches.nl, I got involved in Luc's Soyuz TMA-4 patch. It looked as if he would also get his hands on TMA-7, so I told Cece that I would try to smuggle a red seven into it. She (and Luc) cheered the idea, but in the end, we never got to design TMA-7. Alex Panchenko would reign the Soyuz patch world from Soyuz TMA-5 to TMA-11. Luc and Spacepatches.nl got back in the Soyuz patch business in late 2008. Soon, together with Jacques, I found myself somewhat in Cece's footsteps, designing a logo for a real spaceflight: Roman Romanenko's Soyuz TMA-15. We had planned to use a Soyuz rocket in it, but eventually, it had to make place for a piece of children's art - an angel. In late 2010, Roman was assigned a second flight and it happened to be Soyuz TMA-07M. The launch was scheduled for 2012; 50 years since Cece had decorated Friendship-7, Aurora-7 and Sigma-7. I instantly knew I would use her artwork and a red seven as a starting point for the design. Very early in the sketching process, I discovered that a Soyuz rocket would fit in nicely... and the pieces of the puzzle fell together. The crew approved the logo in the Summer of 2011 without requesting any changes. It was revealed on Twitter on July 31, 2012, by Chris Hadfield. Unfortunately, I was unable to share with Cece the news of 'her' red 7 making it into Earth orbit aboard a Russian spaceship. She died on November 14, 2012, a month before the launch.  |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 05-14-2013 05:59 PM
We, and those who are or were involved in space patch designs have a lot of interesting stories. Time to time...But this one, yours, is a sweet, sour and very very nice story. Congratulations Erik, Luc and Jacques. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-14-2013 06:15 PM
An awesome tribute Erik, to the original space emblem artist.(Had I known about this before flight, I would have definitely written it up as a feature article.) |
Mike Z
Member Posts: 451
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 05-14-2013 08:45 PM
That is amazing!! It's a fantastic patch Erik! Congratulations!! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 05-15-2013 08:29 PM
Erik - One of the best patch stories ever! Congratulations on paying tribute to the First Lady of Space Patch Artists.Beautiful patch too. |
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