posted October 30, 2008 04:09 AM               

Child's Drawing Will Become the Logo of the Next Soyuz Space Expedition (Roscosmos release)

Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), facilitated by the space agencies of the other states, as well as by social organizations and mass media, invites children in Russia and other countries to participate in the International contest of children's drawings "Let's Design a Logo for Soyuz TMA-14 Crew."

Soyuz TMA-14 with a Russian cosmonaut, US astronaut and space flight participant aboard is planned for launch in March, 2009.

Soyuz TMA-14 prime and backup crews, Russian cosmonauts and US astronauts expressed their readiness to take active part in selecting the best children's drawings, together with the experts from Roscosmos, other space agencies, and public. One of these drawings will become Soyuz TMA-14 crew's emblem. Approved by Roscosmos Administrator, the emblem gets the status of the official crew logo. The logo-patch is put on the suits of three crew members: a cosmonaut, an astronaut and a spaceflight participant.

The winners (places 1, 2 and 3) will have the opportunity to visit Baikonur space port to participate in the seeing-off ceremony of the Soyuz TMA-14 crew in March next year.

The contest is organized by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Union of Russian Charity Organizations (URCO). Prime sponsor is the Russian Insurance Center Underwriting Public Company.

The contest is aimed at advancing humanistic ideas in the youth community, stimulating the public to generate healthy social environment, promoting the space activities, developing children's artistic creativity.

The designs (paintings, graphic arts, computer arts) marked "Logo Contest" (in the e-mail subject or on the envelope) shall be mailed to: The Union of Russian Charity Organizations (URCO), 10, Cosmonaut Volkov st., Moscow, 127299, or e-mailed to: sbor@sbornet.ru, from Oct. 25 to Dec. 25, 2008.

Target age group of the International Children's Contest is from 6 to 15. The authors shall provide some personal data, such as detailed mail address and telephone number, together with their patch design drawings. Information about the age of the participant is mandatory. Authorship credibility is under the responsibility of the person submitted the drawing.

posted November 01, 2008 03:18 PM               

Good luck in the contest with your design.

posted November 01, 2008 05:01 PM            

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Originally posted by Tom:
Nice job...however I'm pretty sure that the Russians routinely put the mission commanders name in the middle...as is his position in the crew cabin.

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Ok, i'll change it and put Finke, Padalka, Simonyi.

posted November 01, 2008 05:41 PM            

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
You may also want to print Padalka and Soyuz in Russian (Cyrillic).

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Originally posted by KAPTEC:
...and be less than 14 my friend. Nice job, indeed.

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posted November 01, 2008 05:47 PM               

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Originally posted by ShuttleDiscovery:
can someone post the name in Russian

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posted November 01, 2008 06:57 PM               

Great job! Just a suggestion but you might want to make sure the ISS looks as it will when TMA-14 flies. I'm not sure - but I think STS-119 will fly before TMA-14. If so the solar arrays will be complete.

You've got a great future!

posted November 01, 2008 07:07 PM               

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Originally posted by ShuttleDiscovery:
can someone post the name in Russian

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posted November 02, 2008 03:04 PM            

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Originally posted by KSCartist:
Just a suggestion but you might want to make sure the ISS looks as it will when TMA-14 flies.

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posted November 03, 2008 06:05 AM               

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Originally posted by KAPTEC:
(Glad to see my Soyuz artwork for the TMA-12 on it!)

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posted November 03, 2008 08:28 AM               

(And yes, your're right... I'm not under 15. It's a pity)

posted November 03, 2008 04:25 PM            

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Originally posted by Tom:
Great job, Shuttle Discovery!

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posted November 03, 2008 04:36 PM               

Good luck my friend. I like too much your patch.

posted November 04, 2008 01:54 AM            

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Originally posted by KAPTEC:
May I say something?: try to use only two colors in Soyuz, f.e. only the two blues without white, as if the sun were hiting it from above not from behind. Then it would be less similar to the "12".

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I'm glad you like my patch!

posted November 04, 2008 04:28 PM            

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Originally posted by ShuttleDiscovery:
Is this better?

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posted November 04, 2008 05:42 PM               

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Originally posted by ShuttleDiscovery:
Is this better?

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posted November 05, 2008 03:09 AM               

I know how difficult it is to create something original. Someday I'll have Robert post my first drawings for Skylab, ASTP and the Shuttle. I wrote to everyone I could think of who might offer me advice and who I thought would improve my chances of being selected.

While everyone here only wishes you success and wants to offer you the benefit of our collective experience, trust YOUR instincts.

It has been correctly noted that the judges are looking for YOUR work. Don't worry about being too polished - they will "polish" the chosen art for all of the uses required.

If I were you, I would break out the drawing pad and colored pens and markers and hand draw your original design. By doing that instead of submitting a computer assisted graphic, there can be no doubt that YOU created it. In fact you can even have it Notarized.

I wish you the best. The next art you post should be the one that is already on it's way for consideration.

You are talented and I know your artwork will one day orbit the Earth.

Good Luck and have fun.

posted November 05, 2008 12:02 PM            

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Originally posted by KSCartist:
If I were you, I would break out the drawing pad and colored pens and markers and hand draw your original design.

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posted November 07, 2008 02:25 PM               

I would suggest check spelling. I beleive Barratt has two "T's". I once lost out on a patch job because I misspelled a name.

Also maybe add a line to indicate where the descent module separates from the Service Module.

Good to see young talent.

posted November 07, 2008 07:12 PM               

Correct Tim's indications, send it... and have a good luck.

Anyone of you (Shuttle Discovery or your sister, send us pics from Baikonur).

posted December 02, 2008 05:26 PM            

It is pleasant to say that we have received more than fifty proposals from young artists. Names of the winners will be announced in one month. You can find more information about the Contest and see the best drawings in Roscosmos web-page (Temporarily down due to maintainance).

Now Gennady Padalka, Russian cosmonaut, and Michael Barratt, NASA astronaut, look through the drawings also, and they even have picked some favorites. At the end of December, they will select the best proposals. But the Contest is not over yet! Michael and Gennady are looking forward to getting more interesting and attracting logo designs.

The best drawing will appear in the crew logo. After that, it gets approved by Roscosmos Head, and becomes an official emblem of the Soyuz TMA-14 mission. The logo-patch will be put on the space suits of Soyuz TMA-14 crew.