posted 03-09-2014 06:48 AM               

The acronyms on the insignia refer to High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) and Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS).

posted 03-09-2014 11:02 AM               

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
...which is flying "T-Cell Activation in Aging," the first National Institutes of Health-funded payload to launch on SpaceX's Dragon.

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T-cell Experiment Patch

On the road to Mars and beyond, research on the International Space Station (ISS) will play a key role in understanding the impacts of spaceflight on human health.

In the central image of our patch, a SpaceX rocket blasts off atop two sweeping launch paths that extend up to the ISS, symbolizing the journey our T-cells will be taking to the ISS.

The two shades of blue represent the two spaceflights our experiment will fly on. The curves sweep slightly beyond the iconic station, highlighting its role in paving the path for future exploration.

In the lower right a cell is poised against the vast black backdrop of space, representing the T-cells at the heart of our experiment. Its DNA unfurls upward towards the ISS, symbolic of the changes in gene regulation, mRNA, and miRNA induced in the microgravity environment onboard the station, which we will be studying when the cells return to earth.

The names of the science team frame the top of the image, while the title of the project, "T-Cell Activation in Aging" completes the framing along the bottom.

posted 03-10-2014 06:45 AM               

SpaceX's 3rd space station resupply flight gets three-sided mission patch

Preparations are now underway for the launch of Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) third cargo flight to the International Space Station — including the release of the mission's official patch.

During SpaceX's Commercial Resupply Services 3 (CRS-3 or SpX-3) mission, the Hawthorne, Calif.-based company's Dragon capsule will carry almost 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of supplies to the space station and return home to Earth with more than 3,500 pounds (1,600 kg) of science results and spent equipment.

The third of 12 cargo missions contracted by NASA, the CRS-3 Dragon is scheduled to lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Florida on Sunday (March 16) at 4:41 a.m. EDT (0841 GMT). The flight will mark the fourth trip by an uncrewed Dragon capsule to the orbital outpost, including SpaceX's first demo flight in 2012.

posted 04-15-2014 06:23 AM               

And the patch for NASA's ELaNa V educational launch of nanosatellites flying as a secondary payload on the CRS-3 Falcon 9:

posted 05-11-2023 03:41 PM               

The date code for this patch is now confirmed as;

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