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Topic: Boeing Starliner flight test patches
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42830
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: 42830
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: 2456
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: 945
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: 2456
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: 956
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: 2168
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: 2905
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: 42830
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: 398
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: 565
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: 398
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: 42830
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: 565
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. |
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