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Author	Topic: Orion Pad Abort 1 flight test insignia
Kevin T. Randall Member Posts: 1082 From: Chesham, Bucks UK Registered: Dec 2008	posted 07-31-2011 12:51 PM Examples of the Orion Pad Abort-1 (PA-1) flight test patches were given out to media personnel who attended the final launch of the space shuttle, STS-135 Atlantis.
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999	posted 07-31-2011 01:34 PM I have one of these patches that was given to me this last week by a NASA VIP who attended the STS-135 launch. It might not have been just the media.
Kevin T. Randall Member Posts: 1082 From: Chesham, Bucks UK Registered: Dec 2008	posted 07-31-2011 03:45 PM There is also another version of this patch:
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42984 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 07-31-2011 03:48 PM Both the AFT and PA-1 emblems date back to last year's test flight of the Orion CEV (now MPCV) launch abort system. The PA-1 patches were given out to the media during a post-STS-135 landing tour of Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building, where the PA-1 module now resides. They were not new or exclusive to that event, however.
JBoe Member Posts: 959 From: Churchton, MD Registered: Oct 2012	posted 01-15-2014 04:45 PM Has anyone seen any of these two patches recently? If so, are there authorized reproduction available? I've only seen pins of these two designs.

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