|
Author
|
Topic: Pad Abort-1 Orion launch abort system test patch
|
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 249
From: High Wycombe, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
|
posted July 31, 2011 12:51 PM
   
Three examples of the Orion PA-1 flight test patches were listed on eBay last week.The seller said in the description that these patches were only given out to media personnel who attended the final launch of the STS-135 Atlantis. Editor's note: Emblem art added; source: scanned lapel pin  |
randy
Member Posts: 1087
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
|
posted July 31, 2011 01:34 PM
I have one of these patches that was given to me this last week by a NASA VIP who attended the STS-135 launch. It might not have been just the media. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 249
From: High Wycombe, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
|
posted July 31, 2011 03:45 PM
There is also another version of this patch: |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
|
posted July 31, 2011 03:48 PM
Both the AFT and PA-1 emblems date back to last year's test flight of the Orion CEV (now MPCV) launch abort system. The PA-1 patches were given out to the media during a post-STS-135 landing tour of Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building, where the PA-1 module now resides. They were not new or exclusive to that event, however. |
advertisement