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Topic: Soyuz TMA-15M mission patch
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KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 07-14-2014 04:09 AM
   
Soyuz TMA-15M mission patchThe Soyuz TMA-15M crew represents Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti with the European Space Agency and NASA's Terry Virts. Together they will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in November 2014 to join the Expedition 42/43 crew. Designed by Shkaplerov with an unidentified candidate cosmonaut. Copyright Roscosmos/Spacepatches.nl  |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 07-14-2014 04:10 AM
A new masterpiece of space art from "The Soyuz Team Designers" of the Netherlands. |
COR482932
Member Posts: 212
From: Cork, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 07-14-2014 05:08 AM
Love it!! |
lucspace
Member Posts: 403
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 07-14-2014 06:07 AM
In this case, the design was done by spaceship commander Shkaplerov and a -yet- unnamed candidate cosmonaut. I think they did a great job! I think they did a great job! |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-15-2014 04:48 PM
The cosmonaut who helped Anton with the design, is Andrei Babkin. Also, there was an Italian designer involved: Riccardo Rossi. About the plane: it is made up of a Russian jet (nose), American jet (wings) and an Italian jet (tail). |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-27-2014 02:50 PM
Here is the official description of the patch: The patch for 'Soyuz TMA-15M' is based on the shape and features of an attitude indicator, a fundamental element on an airplane instrument panel. This represents the pilot profession, which is common to all three crewmembers. The outline of a Soyuz spaceship and its golden solar array panels, representing the horizontal lines of the indicator, are integrated with the instrument's pitch and bank angle scales. The depicted attitude of the spaceship corresponds to a bank angle of 15° (the serial number of this Soyuz TMA) and a pitch angle of 51° (the orbit inclination). Russian and Latin characters, indicating the names of the crewmembers and the spaceship's name 'Soyuz TMA-15M', are distributed in the external scale ring. The Soyuz spaceship flying above Earth connects the left side of the patch, which includes the destination – ISS, with the right side – the rising Sun (symbol of cognition and renewal). A shadow, in the shape of an airplane uniting elements of Mig-29, F-16 and AMX, accompanies the flight of the spaceship and points to the indissoluble link between aviation and spaceflight. The three more prominent stars, next to the constellations Auriga and Cassiopeia, represent the fulfillment of a spaceflight by the cosmonaut and the two astronauts of this expedition. The overall number of stars corresponds to the last two figures of the launch year (2014) and, including the Sun, of the return year (2015).
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Zarya
Member Posts: 11
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Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 08-28-2014 01:40 AM
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Originally posted by hoorenz:
Here is the official description of the patch
Thank you for providing the detailed description. It explains a lot of the features of the emblem and that is very useful to some of us. Is there a way that one can obtain copies of the official descriptions of emblems from the entire Soyuz TMA-M series? Thank you. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-28-2014 02:18 AM
Some of them have official descriptions, some of them don't. I will try to find them for you - please contact me. |
Zarya
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Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 08-29-2014 02:05 AM
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Originally posted by hoorenz:
I will try to find them for you - please contact me.
Would you mind posting them here? Perhaps, others would find the information useful. If not, I will e-mail you. Thanks.
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-16-2014 07:52 AM
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Originally posted by hoorenz:
Also, there was an Italian designer involved: Riccardo Rossi.
The Italian Association for Astronautics and Space (ISAA) has a brief article about Rossi and his role in designing the Soyuz TMA-15M patch. |
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