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Topic: Reference guides and sources for space patches
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bthumble
Member Posts: 267
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 09-08-2012 09:58 AM
   
I have started collecting space related patches and would like to know good reference books, websites, etc. to assist me in my collecting. Also, any suggestions on reputable vendors that sell the patches? I have been to the NASA gift shop sites and AB Emblems websites and have purchased a few there already. Have also been looking at eBay but unsure which ones are making the knockoff patches. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-09-2012 10:57 PM
There's only three websites you need for patch references: SkyForce Patches - Joe Fricano's store or Brett Anderson's The Space Store are both excellent and honest patch retailers. |
Apollo 8
Member Posts: 176
From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-10-2012 06:04 AM
I would add SpaceBoosters from the UK to this list.
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KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-10-2012 07:51 AM
I think you also could have a look to Spacefacts.de to read more of the mission's stories. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-10-2012 12:15 PM
"Space patches" - From Mercury to the Space Shuttle, by Judith Kaplan and Robert Muniz is also a handy reference although published in 1986. |
bthumble
Member Posts: 267
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 09-10-2012 02:38 PM
Thank you for the information. I will look at the sites this week and review the information. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-27-2015 06:42 PM
I recently saw a small paperback book, approximately 7x5 in size. The book was a definitive shuttle crew patch reference. Each page featured a single coloured patch and details there of.Anybody able to tell me the likely book title? The chap did show me but in all the excitement I subsequently forget. I think he said he got it from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space Shop but I can't seem to find it. |
SpaceyInMN
Member Posts: 355
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Dec 2013
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posted 04-27-2015 07:06 PM
You might be thinking of "Human Space Flight Mission Patch Handbook." It covers Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle Program. It's full color and about the size you describe. My brother got me a copy at KSC, so I know it's sold there. |
astrorero
Member Posts: 42
From: San Dimas, CA USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 04-28-2015 10:15 AM
Correct. $14.95 sold by the Space Store. |
astrorero
Member Posts: 42
From: San Dimas, CA USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 04-28-2015 10:43 AM
You may also see here. It gives you more information on the book. What I have done is cut out small copies of the different versions of certain patches, Gemini 6 patch on the 6TA Gemini patch page for example. Also the Gemini 5 patch with the "5 Days or Bust" covered. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-28-2015 04:32 PM
That's the one. Thanks guys! |
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