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Topic: STS-122 mission patch
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Moonbase_Alphan
Member Posts: 24
From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted April 18, 2007 05:30 PM
  
The STS-122 patch was posted at NASA back on April 10. I didn't see it listed around here, so I thought I'd post it for everyone.It's "unique", to say the least!  IP: Logged |
lucspace
Member Posts: 145
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted April 18, 2007 06:01 PM
Wow, this is different... and certainly a thing of beauty!IP: Logged |
FutureAstronaut
Member Posts: 369
From: East Northport, NY
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted April 18, 2007 06:52 PM
Yes, I agree this is a very beautiful patch. Do you know who the designer is? Very unique indeed. ------------------
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Tom
Member Posts: 817
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted April 18, 2007 06:52 PM
Definately unique!
Is the white background part of the patch?
Thanks for posting.IP: Logged |
Moonbase_Alphan
Member Posts: 24
From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted April 18, 2007 07:37 PM
I don't believe the white is part of the image, and that the patch is a black-edged eight-point starIP: Logged |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 1263
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted April 19, 2007 06:24 PM
They won't be able to add a "tab" to this one!
Great design! I look forward to adding it to my collection.Hey Luc is this your work?
Tim IP: Logged |
lucspace
Member Posts: 145
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted April 23, 2007 04:08 AM
I wish it were, Tim. How I would love to design a Shuttle patch before the program ends. But this is a great patch, totally diffrent from patches we've seen earlier. I hope some gold thread will be used in the embroidered version...Luc IP: Logged |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 150
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted April 23, 2007 01:48 PM
Don't worry Luc.You have made one of the most beautiful emblems of the Soyuz Program with the TMA 4 (perhaps the nicest of all). I also would love to get an original emblem flowing and performed with a Shuttle Crew. Do you think we (Tim, Jacques you and I) would create one? Regards.
Jorge IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted May 12, 2007 04:26 AM
The patch has been spotted in recent NASA photographs:  IP: Logged |
Moonbase_Alphan
Member Posts: 24
From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted May 15, 2007 04:14 PM
here's a link to a copy of a high rez version of the 122 patch for those that have been looking for one122 hi-rez IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted August 12, 2007 03:43 PM
Here's the official description and link to the insignia on NASA's website: quote:
STS122-S-001A - The STS-122 patch depicts the continuation of the voyages of the early explorers to today's frontier, space. The ship denotes the travels of the early expeditions from the east to the west. The space shuttle shows the continuation of that journey along the orbital path from west to east. A little more than 500 years after Columbus sailed to the new world, the STS-122 crew will bring the European laboratory module "Columbus" to the International Space Station to usher in a new era of scientific discovery.
And while I now see that SpaceFacts has this as well, during a recent tour of the Space Station Processing Facility, I photographed the 1E increment insignia that was hanging on a door:  IP: Logged |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 469
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted August 13, 2007 03:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
And while I now see that SpaceFacts has this as well, during a recent tour of the Space Station Processing Facility, I photographed the 1E increment insignia that was hanging on a door.
We have this patch already on our site www.spacepatches.nl for several months now, with better colours... and note that this is still NOT the official Columbus patch !!!!------------------
Jacques 
www.spacepatches.nl IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted September 24, 2007 10:43 AM
NASA has given approval to AB Emblem to start production of the STS-122 patch:  IP: Logged |
robsouth
Member Posts: 287
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted September 24, 2007 06:52 PM
Nice to see the U.K. shown on a space patch.IP: Logged |
Moonbase_Alphan
Member Posts: 24
From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted October 21, 2007 08:43 AM
The released version of the increment patch for 1E is quite a bit different than the one snapped in the picture. Why all the changes? I don't know.  IP: Logged |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 469
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 21, 2007 02:21 PM
I still do not think this would be the official ESA logo for Columbus, but it could be NASA's....Here is why form ESA: Some managers did feel that ESA was "underepresented" in the design.
At least one ESA-manager from Italy did not accept it, because the "jet" or "beam" connecting the SANTA MARIA and the COLUMBUS-Module were the colors of the Spanish flag and not ESA or may be the "Italian colors". Until now there is no other payload-logo designed or released....
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Jacques :) www.spacepatches.nl IP: Logged |
Moonbase_Alphan
Member Posts: 24
From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted October 21, 2007 04:27 PM
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Originally posted by Jacques van Oene:
I still do not think this would be the official ESA logo for Columbus, but it could be NASA's...
I haven't seen a Columbus Module patch from NASA or from ESA. The payload patch is usually independent of the increment patch, right? So I doubt anyone would use the 1E patch for the Columbus payload. IP: Logged |
Marwin2
Member Posts: 21
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Registered: Oct 2006
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posted November 09, 2007 11:13 AM
Who is the STS-122 patch designer?
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ShuttleDiscovery
Member Posts: 57
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posted November 14, 2007 10:30 AM
STS-122 embroidered patch released.IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted November 16, 2007 09:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Marwin2:
Who is the STS-122 patch designer?
The short answer: STS-122 mission specialist Rex Walheim's wife, Margie. (For the long answer, look for our article after STS-122 launches.)IP: Logged |
Marwin2
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posted November 17, 2007 04:31 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
The short answer: STS-122 mission specialist Rex Walheim's wife, Margie. (For the long answer, look for our article after STS-122 launches.)
Thank you very much, Robert!IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted November 18, 2007 10:22 AM
ESA has posted the Columbus logo:  IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted December 03, 2007 10:54 AM
DLR's Columbus decal (via AstroAddies):  IP: Logged |
ShuttleDiscovery
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posted December 03, 2007 11:29 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
DLR's Columbus decal
What is DLR?IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted December 03, 2007 11:32 AM
DLR is Germany's national research center for aeronautics and space: quote:
As Germany's Space Agency, the German federal government has given DLR responsibility for the forward planning and implementation of the German space programme as well as international representation of Germany's interests.
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ShuttleDiscovery
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posted December 03, 2007 01:17 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
DLR is Germany's national research center...
Thank you.IP: Logged |
OV-105
Member Posts: 280
From: Ridgecrest, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted December 03, 2007 01:40 PM
The ESA logo for Columbus is like some of the old Freedom logos.IP: Logged |
Marwin2
Member Posts: 21
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Registered: Oct 2006
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posted February 09, 2008 01:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
The short answer: STS-122 mission specialist Rex Walheim's wife, Margie. (For the long answer, look for our article after STS-122 launches.)
Please, don't forget about it!IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12453
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted February 11, 2008 04:27 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Marwin2:
Please, don't forget about it!
cS: 'Columbus' compass' and crew mementos on-board space shuttle Atlantis quote:
"My wife came up with the original design," Walheim told collectSPACE.com during a pre-flight interview. "She's a graphic designer by trade. She's a stay-at-home mom now but she designed the patch."
When I asked Walheim about the patch, he said that he knew I was going to ask about it because he had read this thread, where our readers were asking about it!IP: Logged |
