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Voyager1975
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posted 02-06-2009 10:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Voyager1975   Click Here to Email Voyager1975     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anyone out there know if there is a real difference in the Space Shuttle Program patch that NASA astronauts wore on their light blue flight jackets in the early to mid 1980's and the current AB Emblem Space Shuttle program patch?

Is the patch that is out now pretty much the same one that was worn by astronauts in the 1980's?

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dogcrew5369
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posted 12-24-2009 11:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dogcrew5369   Click Here to Email dogcrew5369     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have a 3" shuttle program patch that I bought at the now defunct Florence, South Carolina air and space museum way back in 1979 at the young age of 8. This is my first patch ever and I still have it!

I am wondering, since I don't remember, if anyone can say who is the manufacturer of this patch pictured below.

Sean Collins
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posted 12-31-2009 09:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sean Collins   Click Here to Email Sean Collins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
AB Emblem probably.

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posted 12-31-2009 09:11 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
When was the program insignia first introduced and do we know who designed it?

Go4Launch
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posted 12-31-2009 01:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Go4Launch   Click Here to Email Go4Launch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It was designed by artist Robert Schulman, who was head of the Special Services Branch at NASA Headquarters. The design was first released in December 1976.

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posted 12-31-2009 02:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks. I was going to ask next if anyone knew how to contact Schulman, but a quick search resulted in the NASA release noting his death in 2004.

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posted 12-31-2009 03:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dogcrew5369   Click Here to Email dogcrew5369     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Sean Collins:
AB Emblem probably.
Thanks, I thought it might be AB Emblem, but I had to pass it along to more studious people to consider. I still remember the day I got it. I'm sure my parents paid for it considering my age. I will never part with it as it's my most sentimental patch although it is a little worn and slightly tattered looking.

JBoe
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posted 02-10-2014 06:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for JBoe   Click Here to Email JBoe     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've been noticing several variations to the triangular shuttle program patch. How many have you seen? What is the status of the patches: are they commemorative, commemorating a specific cause like breast cancer; personal, etc.?

Is the triangular patch the official insignia of the shuttle program or is the round Space Shuttle Program insignia the "new official" design? If so when did it change to the round design?

I've found the following so far.

Mike Dixon
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posted 02-10-2014 06:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike Dixon   Click Here to Email Mike Dixon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There's another one I came across a few months back. Standard triangular shape with a really washed out pink as the main color and instead of "Space Shuttle" it has "Endeavour '92".

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posted 02-12-2014 01:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
To the best of my knowledge, other than the official gold border version, all the others were fantasy/souvenir patches produced without NASA's or its contractors' knowledge. I could be wrong, though.

There is also a version (at least in decal form) that has the gold border but the external tank is the burnt orange of the post-STS-2 missions). That too, is not official (but could be spotted around the ET office at Marshall Space Flight Center).

Liembo
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posted 02-12-2014 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Liembo   Click Here to Email Liembo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There was also a version kicking around on eBay in the past 6 months that I believe said "Space Shuttle Discovery" but otherwise looked like the regular, 3" version.

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posted 02-12-2014 02:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Liembo   Click Here to Email Liembo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This one, too:

JBoe
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posted 02-12-2014 04:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for JBoe   Click Here to Email JBoe     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
...but the external tank is the burnt orange
I believe the decal with the burnt orange external tank may possibly be Lockheed Martin's version of the logo patch to signify their Michoud operations. I recently purchased a logo pin with the orange tank from a former employee's family member, but this is my speculation.

OV-105
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posted 02-13-2014 08:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The 3 inch program patches with Edwards AFB or Space Shuttle Discovery were mostly used on hats and sold on the East Shore Public Viewing Site. They were also sold by the same groups again at the Edwards AFB Open Houses in the 80's. They were better for those groups to sell since they would work for a lot of landings and they would not get stuck with hats for one single mission if they had used a crew patch.

lucspace
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posted 07-29-2014 08:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lucspace   Click Here to Email lucspace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Would anyone know what font was used in the Space Shuttle program patch? It does not seem to be Helvetica Regular.

lucspace
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posted 07-30-2014 01:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lucspace   Click Here to Email lucspace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Space Shuttle program logo with brown tank was distributed as a sticker at KSC on the occasion of the final launch, STS-135.

Kenny
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posted 10-10-2014 11:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kenny   Click Here to Email Kenny     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Did Lion Brothers make a space shuttle program patch (the triangular "Space Shuttle" patch) with a bare cloth backing?

I've seen two types of plastic backed program patches by Lion Brothers, but never a cloth backed type. Does it exist?

Kevin T. Randall
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posted 10-10-2014 12:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kevin T. Randall   Click Here to Email Kevin T. Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, they do exist. I have two examples of a bare backed Lion Brothers Shuttle Program patch. (One is attached to a Smithsonian Inst. National Air and Space Museum card).

These are rare patches, but they could be normal Lion Brothers patches but with the plastic coating, or vacuum sealed coating missing.

miborne
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posted 10-04-2015 06:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for miborne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looking for information about the triangular STS Program Patches. Can't seem to find variations (except for Lion Brothers and early AB) anywhere.

Maybe I'm missing something on spacepatchdatabase.com or crewpatches.com?

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Marc05A
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posted 01-14-2019 08:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Marc05A   Click Here to Email Marc05A     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anybody know the history of the space shuttle program logo?

When was it introduced? Was there any guidelines for its official use back in the shuttle days? I may be wrong, but it looks like it was not widely used in the agency, any idea why?

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Go4Launch
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posted 01-14-2019 04:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Go4Launch   Click Here to Email Go4Launch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As noted previously, it was designed by artist Robert Schulman, who was head of the Special Services Branch at NASA Headquarters. The design was first released in December 1976. Guidelines were released.

The original plan was to have all shuttle crews wear this patch, with a red bar below indicating the mission number, instead of a crew patch. As you might expect, the astronauts got that plan scrapped.

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