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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 08-19-2019 05:00 AM collectSPACE Boeing astronaut reveals mission patches for Starliner flight tests The 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: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	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: 2586 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 08-19-2019 12:20 PM I ordered mine today, thanks!!
astro-nut Member Posts: 990 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006	posted 08-25-2019 03:02 PM Very nice patches indeed!! I like them!!
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2586 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 08-27-2019 02:59 PM Mine came today, great looking. I see they are sold out already.
JBoe Member Posts: 987 From: Edgewater, MD Registered: Oct 2012	posted 09-02-2019 01:41 PM I checked the Boeing store website and the patches are again available to order.
randy Member Posts: 2295 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999	posted 09-02-2019 02:09 PM Ordered mine today.
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 3076 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001	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: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	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: 451 From: London UK Registered: Jan 2013	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: 661 From: Bothell, WA Registered: Jan 2013	posted 12-07-2019 08:50 AM Perhaps it's a crew / souvenir distinction.
Panther494 Member Posts: 451 From: London UK Registered: Jan 2013	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: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	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: 661 From: Bothell, WA Registered: Jan 2013	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: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	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: 661 From: Bothell, WA Registered: Jan 2013	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: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 12-18-2019 08:58 AM quote: 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: 147 From: Linden, CA Registered: May 2019	posted 12-18-2019 12:15 PM Thanks for the update Robert.
lucspace Member Posts: 416 From: Hilversum, The Netherlands Registered: Oct 2003	posted 12-18-2019 12:19 PM Which leaves the question: will the crew-worn version be available to collectors?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	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: 324 From: Germany Registered: Aug 2006	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: 44555 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	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: 116 From: Space City, Texas Registered: Dec 2006	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: 1680 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011	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...
Russian Member Posts: 386 From: France Registered: Nov 2012	posted 09-01-2020 09:33 AM CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test flown patch and flag presentation: