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Topic: ISS Expedition 37 insignia
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26594
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-25-2012 10:02 AM
   
ISS Expedition 37 mission patchThe International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 37 begins with the scheduled undocking of Soyuz TMA-08M in September 2013. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-10M. 
Credit: AB EmblemExpedition 37 will be commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. His crewmates, all flight engineers, include: cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky, NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Michael Hopkins, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 698
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 05-25-2012 10:47 AM
Who is the designer? |
J Blackburn
Member Posts: 104
From: Riner, Virginia USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 05-25-2012 06:11 PM
I love the blue and black color scheme. Very nice patch, however I would have liked to have seen a little more Earth detail.On edit: I guess as far as Earth detail it is fine but a little less swoosh behind ISS indicating the orbit so that the Earth detail can be seen better. |
johntosullivan
Member Posts: 120
From: Cork, Cork, Ireland
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 05-28-2012 06:28 AM
Is it me, or does it look Law-Enforcement-ish? |
J Blackburn
Member Posts: 104
From: Riner, Virginia USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 05-28-2012 02:24 PM
At first glance it looked LE to me as well but being I am a Police Officer I like it. I have always enjoyed the blue and black combination of colors, I guess that is why the Expedition 30 patch is one of my favorite along with Expedition 33. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1027
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 05-28-2012 02:29 PM
I am a bit surprised that there isn't anything to acknowledge Hopkins as the first "Chump" to fly. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 688
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-14-2012 11:48 AM
In that case, it should also have been noted that Ryazansky is the first to fly from cosmonaut selection group IMBP-6 and Parmitano the first from the "Shenanigans".
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26594
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-30-2012 03:49 PM
Editor's note: The ISS Expedition 37 insignia as was first released in May (pictured above) has been replaced by the crew with the version below.
ISS Expedition 37 mission patchThe International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 37 begins with the scheduled undocking of Soyuz TMA-08M in September 2013. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-10M. 
Credit: NASAExpedition 37 will be commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. His crewmates, all flight engineers, include: cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky, NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Michael Hopkins, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. ISS Expedition 37 insignia Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, created some 525 years ago, as a blend of art and science and a symbol of the medical profession, is depicted amongst the orbits of a variety of satellites circling the Earth at great speed. Da Vinci's drawing, based on the proportions of man as described by the Roman architect Vitruvius, is often used as a symbol of symmetry of the human body and the universe as a whole. Almost perfect in symmetry as well, the International Space Station, with its solar wings spread out and illuminated by the first rays of dawn, is pictured as a mighty beacon arcing upwards across our night skies, the ultimate symbol of science and technology of our age. Six stars represent the six members of Expedition 37 crew, which includes two cosmonauts with a medical background, as well as a native of Da Vinci's Italy. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 688
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-30-2012 03:53 PM
It is a combination of two designs, one by Jorge Cartes and one by Luc van den Abeelen. I also played a small role myself: I made the drawing of the ISS and produced the final vector version. NASA only changed some of the colors slightly and by doing so, unfortunately highlighted some masking lines around the flags. The original image can be found here. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 504
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 08-30-2012 05:47 PM
I really like the new version. Shades of Skylab 2. So, the first design is void and done? If so, would it be collectible as a rarity? |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 688
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-31-2012 03:09 AM
It will be rare in the sense of availability, because AB Emblem has ceased production and distribution of the first patch. Is it rare as a collectible? Not in relation to the mission, in my opinion, because the first design was never intended to be the Expedition-37 patch. As such, it was also not 'replaced'.AB Emblem was instructed by NASA to produce and distribute the first patch as the result of a generic oversight in the approval process. This has affected earlier ISS patches as well (including Expedition-36) and has just recently been corrected. For that reason, if you are interested in the history of ISS crew patches in general, it might be worth collecting. |
Voyager2012
Member Posts: 40
From: Stanhope, NJ 07874
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 08-31-2012 12:14 PM
I also saw that the lapel pin was also made of the original Expedition 37 patch. Does anyone know if they made the Spaceflight Awareness decal or not? |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 688
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-31-2012 12:25 PM
I do not think any decalls were made. |
Voyager2012
Member Posts: 40
From: Stanhope, NJ 07874
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 08-31-2012 12:30 PM
Thanks Erik. I didn't think so either.  |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 504
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-01-2012 01:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by hoorenz:
...the first design was never intended to be the Expedition-37 patch.
As noted here the old patch was not intended to be the mission patch which confuses me. If it was approved by NASA and produced and then sold why was it never intended to be the official patch? That seems really odd to me unless I'm missing something. This is the first time I can recall this process being followed in respect to having a patch approved, manufactured and distributed. |
Voyager2012
Member Posts: 40
From: Stanhope, NJ 07874
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 09-01-2012 02:29 PM
Yeah I was wondering about that myself.
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hoorenz
Member Posts: 688
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-01-2012 06:01 PM
The process was apparently organized in such a way, that it was possible that a different design than the one the crew had submitted to NASA or was still working on, be officially approved. The error was caught before NASA released their own artwork for Expedition-37 (they never released it), but not before AB Emblem was ordered to produce and start distributing the embroidered patch. To prevent this from happening again, the approval process for the ISS crew patches was recently modified. The final artwork can no longer be approved without the signature of the Expedition commander and the other two 'leading' crew members. The signatures of the three 'joining' crew members is desired, but not required. Only if the crew is unable to reach consensus before a newly imposed L-18 month deadline, they will have to accept a 'generic' mission patch.
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PowerCat
Member Posts: 148
From: Herington, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-03-2012 10:30 AM
Already having received the "first" version patch in my collection, I was very impressed with this official Expedition 37 patch. It looks fantastic. I can't wait to add this to my collection. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26594
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-14-2013 01:12 PM
AB Emblem has received approval of the new version of the Expedition 37 insignia. This emblem will be available in approximately two weeks. 
Credit: AB Emblem |
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