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Topic: NASA's Space Shuttle Program logo patch
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dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 256
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted December 24, 2009 11:48 PM
   
I have a 3" shuttle program patch that I bought at the now defunct Florence, South Carolina air and space museum way back in 1979 at the young age of 8. This is my first patch ever and I still have it! I am wondering, since I don't remember, if anyone can say who is the manufacturer of this patch pictured below.  |
Sean Collins
Member Posts: 27
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted December 31, 2009 09:06 AM
AB Emblem probably. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted December 31, 2009 09:11 AM
When was the program insignia first introduced and do we know who designed it? |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 353
From: Bethesda, MD
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted December 31, 2009 01:43 PM
It was designed by artist Robert Schulman, who was head of the Special Services Branch at NASA Headquarters. The design was first released in December 1976. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted December 31, 2009 02:10 PM
Thanks. I was going to ask next if anyone knew how to contact Schulman, but a quick search resulted in the NASA release noting his death in 2004. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 256
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted December 31, 2009 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by Sean Collins:
AB Emblem probably.
Thanks, I thought it might be AB Emblem, but I had to pass it along to more studious people to consider. I still remember the day I got it. I'm sure my parents paid for it considering my age. I will never part with it as it's my most sentimental patch although it is a little worn and slightly tattered looking. |
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