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Topic: 2009 Astronaut Class "The Chumps" patch
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 24611
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted January 21, 2011 09:23 PM
   
2009 Astronaut Class "The Chumps" patch The insignia for NASA's 20th group of astronaut trainees, otherwise known as " The Chumps," including: - Serena M. Aunon (NASA)
- Jeanette J. Epps (NASA)
- Jack D. Fischer (NASA)
- Jeremy Hansen (CSA)
- Michael S. Hopkins (NASA)
- Norishige Kanai (JAXA)
- Kjell N. Lindgren (NASA)
- Takuya Onishi (JAXA)
- Kathleen (Kate) Rubins (NASA)
- David Saint-Jacques (CSA)
- Scott D. Tingle (NASA)
- Mark T. Vande Hei (NASA)
- Gregory R. (Reid) Wiseman (NASA)
- Kimiya Yui (JAXA)
Editor's note: Look closely at the Earth in the patch and you may see a cloud that is decidedly a banana-shape. From our Oct. 2009 article and interview with Chump Mark Vande Hei: ...Vande Hei said that the Chumps posed for a similar fun [crew photo]."We posed with bananas," he described. But if they are the Chumps and not the chimps, how does that reflect the 2009 class? "Our mascot is Chump the Chimp," explained Vande Hei. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2352
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted January 22, 2011 05:11 AM
Beautiful patch! Nice composition. I wish Jorge and I had done it. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 945
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted January 22, 2011 10:18 AM
I like how there is an Orion capsule going down towards Earth from Mars. |
issman1
Member Posts: 823
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted January 22, 2011 11:10 AM
It could be an Orion, but then again a Dragon or CST-100.  |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 350
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted January 24, 2011 07:45 PM
I'll be happy if the capsule translates into anything man rated in the not too distant future. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 24611
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted February 20, 2011 04:59 PM
Group 20 astronaut Jack Fischer flew the T-38 jet that brought Steve Bowen to Kennedy Space Center today for Discovery's launch later this week. Fischer wore his class patch on his flight suit. (Photo was taken from a distance.)  |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 484
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted February 20, 2011 05:18 PM
The patch looks too busy to me. |
BMckay
Member Posts: 1682
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted August 22, 2011 05:28 PM
It is not to bad up close. They are better then the knockoff coming from Malaysia. |
BMckay
Member Posts: 1682
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted June 07, 2012 09:33 PM
Has anyone seen any? |
p51
Member Posts: 323
From: Olympia, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted June 08, 2012 12:27 AM
DANG! A guy I served with was at Ellington JRB a month ago and offered to swap me for one of these but he had no idea what it was. Probably was a real one and neither of us had a clue... |
Gonzo
Member Posts: 101
From: Battle Creek, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted June 08, 2012 02:52 PM
Out of curiosity, how hard is it to get the Astronaut Class patches? (To add to collections, of course.) |
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