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Topic: Soyuz TMA-09M mission patch
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-11-2013 12:49 PM
   
Soyuz TMA-09M mission patchSoyuz TMA-09M, currently scheduled to launch on May 28, 2013, will deliver Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano to the International Space Station to join the Expedition 36 and Expedition 37 crews. 
Credit: Roscosmos/SpacePatches.nlThe Soyuz TMA-09M patch designs shares elements of the two earlier Soyuz mission patches that Fyodor Yurchikhin participated in (TMA-10 and TMA-19): a bright blue rim featuring the crew names with a dark blue border and a central field featuring the Earth and the spacecraft in yellow and orange. The white and light blue streaks underneath the Soyuz symbolize that this is the fourth mission to the ISS for Soyuz commander Yurchikhin; the first being on an American spacecraft during STS-112. This design shares one element with another patch: the ISS is taken from the patch of Expedition 37, which Yurchikhin commands. Designed by Luc van den Abeelen, Dmitriy Shcherbinin and Fyodor Yurchikhin. |
johntosullivan
Member Posts: 162
From: Cork, Cork, Ireland
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 02-11-2013 04:13 PM
While I can admire the common look and feel of Fyodor Yurchikhin's mission patches, as a collector I'm disappointed that they are too similar and lacking novelty.Also, as a mechanical engineer he has incorporated a cog design into each patch. Clever. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 02-13-2013 03:30 AM
It is not a cog - it is representing the outer rim of the VSK-4 (Vizir Spetsialniy Kosmicheskiy-4) periscope view aboard the Soyuz. |
johntosullivan
Member Posts: 162
From: Cork, Cork, Ireland
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 02-13-2013 07:42 AM
I stand corrected. Good point. |
Russian
Member Posts: 361
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 02-18-2013 08:14 AM
Here is a picture to explain what is the VSK is in the Soyuz capsule: |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 02-19-2013 08:15 AM
I like the remembering of the TMA-10... A very "Russian" concept for honouring past flights. If only we could see some of the rejected projects!  Anyway, nice patch! I love the patches with blue colors... |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 02-19-2013 10:26 AM
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Originally posted by KAPTEC:
A very "Russian" concept for honouring past flights.
You must be refering to Pavel Vinogradov's Soyuz TMA-08M patch, right? (It also has the same shape as his earlier TMA-8 flight, rotated 180 degrees.) |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 02-20-2013 04:42 AM
Sure Erik... This is what I meant Oh!... and thank you so much: it's nice to see so clearly my lovely country in a space patch.
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hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 02-20-2013 05:31 AM
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Originally posted by KAPTEC:
Oh!... and thank you so much: it's nice to see so clearly my lovely country in a space patch.
It is funny. It is exactly what I was thinking when I prepared the high resolution version from Luc's and Dima's design. "Jorge will be happy!" Of course I also realized that the Netherlands disappeared behind a solar panel. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 02-20-2013 06:31 AM
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hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-25-2013 01:41 PM
From kitchen table, to Baikonur. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 05-25-2013 02:45 PM
It is a special experience when you can do this, aren't you agree with me? |
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