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Topic: Boeing CST-100 Starliner flight test patches
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Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1510
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 07-08-2022 06:26 AM
   
The Boeing Store have just released again the original full size 3.5" wide by 5.1875" high Starliner Flight Crew patch with Fincke, Ferguson, and Mann on it. With the original SKU number 580085020013.The patch they show on their website is not the new revised three crew named version with Wilmore replacing Ferguson on it. Is this an error or is it deliberate to sell off the remaining stocks of what now is an obsolete original three crew names manned Flight Test patch? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-11-2022 11:48 AM
I can confirm the patch now for sale is the Fincke, Ferguson and Mann version.  The patch was designed after Mike Fincke replaced Eric Boe, so no version exists for the original crew. To my knowledge, Boeing only produced a small number of patches after Butch Wilmore replaced Chris Ferguson and they were only of the flight version (no NASA or Boeing logos at the bottom of the patch). Still to be seen is if Wilmore and Suni Williams will wear the same design (with the appropriate names changed) or if a new patch will be introduced. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1510
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 07-13-2022 12:16 PM
The Crew Flight Test patch shown above have now sold out from the Boeing internet store. They may well still be some available from a few of their U.S. stores? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-08-2022 12:00 AM
collectSPACE NASA astronauts debut new patch design for Boeing Starliner crew flight testThe first astronauts set to fly on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft debuted a new look for their mission patch during a spacesuit fit check. Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams sported the new insignia during a validation test at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two NASA astronauts, together with their backup Mike Fincke, suited up and tried out the Starliner's pressurized crew module to ensure a good seat fit, suit functionality, audio systems, cabin temperature and day of launch operations.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-08-2022 10:32 AM
Per Boeing, the new CFT mission patch is still a mockup and may undergo further design changes. As more is learned, it will be posted here. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 633
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 11-08-2022 04:33 PM
Never has a mission (projected only!) had more patches. Ridiculous! |
OV-105
Member Posts: 901
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 11-09-2022 04:01 PM
I don't think they have reached the STS-41E/F/51E/D level yet. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-09-2022 04:11 PM
Unless I am overlooking something, I believe the Starliner CFT has had only two patch designs, with the first going through one crew name change (from the original Fincke, Ferguson and Mann to Fincke, Wilmore and Mann). |
328KF
Member Posts: 1388
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-09-2022 07:36 PM
I like this design a lot more than the original one. That one looked like it was designed in a corporate boardroom, with too many elements crammed into it. |
vanerie
Member Posts: 85
From: Outer Banks, North Carolina
Registered: Sep 2016
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posted 11-10-2022 06:47 AM
Yes, I also think this one is much better. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-05-2023 01:40 PM
collectSPACE Crew set to fly on Boeing Starliner add final touches to mission patchBoeing has finalized the design of its first crew mission patch after the astronauts assigned to the test flight were seen wearing an early version of the emblem. The aerospace company is preparing for the third test flight of its CST-100 Starliner commercial spacecraft. The Crew Flight Test (CFT), targeted for April, will mark the vehicle's first launch with astronauts on a short duration mission to and from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams will fly the Starliner on its planned final shakedown cruise before it begins carrying four-person crews on NASA-contracted flights supporting the orbiting complex.  |
Liembo
Member Posts: 838
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 03-18-2023 12:32 PM
The Space Store says they are incoming next week. The souvenir version varies in a number of ways from the version seen sewn to their suits earlier. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-18-2023 02:45 PM
It does differ from the prototype patches the crew first wore in October 2022, but more closely matches the final artwork as released by Boeing in January 2023. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1510
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 03-22-2023 11:07 AM
AB Emblem have just released and is listed on their website this Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test patch. It has the SKU patch design number 451512. The date code has now been confirmed as;- It seems that an earlier production run had no embedded labels on them.
- 451512 A-B Emblem Made In China 02/23 40 (Skyforce)
- 451512 A-B Emblem Made In USA 03/23 20
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50470
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-03-2023 12:43 PM
Here is U.S. Space Force's patch for Boeing's Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.The patch is available from the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation.  |
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