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Topic: Boeing Starliner flight test patches
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-19-2019 05:00 AM
   
collectSPACE Boeing astronaut reveals mission patches for Starliner flight testsThe first astronauts set to launch on Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft now have a mission patch to represent their flight. Chris Ferguson, Boeing's first commercial astronaut, recently shared with his team the emblem that he and his two crewmates will wear for the Starliner's Crew Flight Test (CFT). Ferguson also revealed the insignia for the test flights that will precede the CFT launch.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-19-2019 05:00 AM
For now, the Pad Abort Test and CFT insignia exist only as artwork. Boeing has produced the OFT emblem as an embroidered cloth patch, which is now available to employees and the public through the company's online and physical stores.  |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2499
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-19-2019 12:20 PM
I ordered mine today, thanks!! |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 970
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-25-2019 03:02 PM
Very nice patches indeed!! I like them!! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2499
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-27-2019 02:59 PM
Mine came today, great looking. I see they are sold out already. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 968
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 09-02-2019 01:41 PM
I checked the Boeing store website and the patches are again available to order. |
randy
Member Posts: 2200
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-02-2019 02:09 PM
Ordered mine today. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2951
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-21-2019 12:04 PM
Just got this 45th Space Wing patch while at Kennedy Space Center in commemoration of the upcoming Boeing CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test (OFT) for next month. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-06-2019 05:04 PM
First look at the embroidered Starliner CFT mission patch (from the crew portrait): The CFT patch is not yet available, but the Pad Abort Test patch is now for sale from the Boeing Store.  |
Panther494
Member Posts: 414
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-06-2019 07:14 PM
Why doesn't the CFT patch have Boeing/NASA along the bottom as the original graphic? |
Liembo
Member Posts: 613
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-07-2019 08:50 AM
Perhaps it's a crew / souvenir distinction. |
Panther494
Member Posts: 414
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-07-2019 01:03 PM
I hope not. Many collectors want crew patches that represent what has and will be used on flights. Do we really need souvenir versions? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-07-2019 04:07 PM
The patch may have been too large with the extra tag, given how close it already comes to the umbilical attachment on the suit. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 613
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-07-2019 04:09 PM
Alternatively the one without “Boeing” and “NASA” could be a prototype, which was not uncommon for the shuttle era. I guess time will tell. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-15-2019 12:08 PM
U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing Range Squadron patch for Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test: |
Liembo
Member Posts: 613
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-17-2019 10:55 AM
"Rosie the Rocketeer" is wearing the Orbital Flight Test Patch, so I suppose that means it can be considered flight qualified version in the end. Photo: Boeing |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-18-2019 08:58 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
The patch may have been too large with the extra tag...
My guess was correct; per Boeing, the patch was trimmed for the spacesuits because it was too large. The souvenir patches and those flown on the mission as mementos, as well as other uses of the insignia will still include the Boeing and NASA tag.Also from Boeing, a small (1-inch) Starliner adhesive-backed patch:  |
Paul J. Brennan
Member Posts: 117
From: Linden, CA
Registered: May 2019
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posted 12-18-2019 12:15 PM
Thanks for the update Robert. |
lucspace
Member Posts: 407
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 12-18-2019 12:19 PM
Which leaves the question: will the crew-worn version be available to collectors? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-18-2019 12:34 PM
From what I was told, the only CFT patches without the tag are going to be those sewn to the spacesuits, but I did not ask specifically about its availability beyond that. |
SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 306
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 12-19-2019 10:38 AM
But why contains the official crew portrait the large patch without this tag?
Maybe there will be two different versions of the patch: The NASA version without tag and a Boeing version with the tag. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43340
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-19-2019 10:44 AM
The two versions of the patch are only due to size constraints, according to Boeing and the crew. But, yes, as shown in this photo taken moments ago, the astronauts are wearing the smaller version on their blue flight suits, too. |
Moonbase Alphan
Member Posts: 110
From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 12-23-2019 04:36 PM
The Johnson Space Center Mission Operations Team patch for Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test: Editor's note: More about this patch can be read here. |
p51
Member Posts: 1655
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 03-03-2020 05:40 PM
I was at the Boeing store at the Future of Flight in Everett, Washington last month and they had one of the orbital flight test patches, so I bought one (would have bought some for a few pals from Space Camp, but oh well).The person at the store said they also had some for the flight test itself. I thought she was mistaken so I pulled up this thread on my phone and showed her, asking if she meant the middle at the top of this thread. Oh yes, she said, they had some and went in the back to see. I told her I'd buy all that she had (she said someone had bought them out of the other Starliner patches the previous day which is why they only had one OFT one left). She came back and said, "Sorry, the boss said we weren't supposed to get those and we can't sell them." Curses, foiled again. So close... |
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