posted 04-08-2025 11:15 AM               

New collectible pins celebrate humanity's robotic space explorers

A design studio's proposal for a new collectible set seeks to "pin" down the pivotal probes from space exploration history.

Chop Shop on Tuesday (April 8) began seeking fans of robotic satellites and interplanetary spacecraft to help them create a series of hard enamel lapel pins. In addition to seeking pledges through a crowdfunding campaign, the Philadelphia-based store is turning to the public to pick out the probe for the fifth pin the line.

posted 04-16-2025 12:00 PM               

Funded! Enameled Spacecraft Pins Are a Go

Our enamel pin campaign celebrating five legendary robotic spacecraft has been live for just over a week — and we're thrilled it is already funded!

That means it's happening: the pins will be produced, and backers will receive their rewards as we hoped.

Only Voyager has been made into a physical pin before, which is why it is photographic above, and New Horizons was voted by backers as Pin #5, with 21% of the vote!

If you've ever backed any of our past Kickstarters, you'll get the new Huygens pin free (see it in the pin art grid). New to crowd-funding? You can still add it on. Plus, all 12 mission designs from the Spacecraft Series — including Voyager and Cassini in holo styled stickers — are now available as 3.5" round sticker add-ons.

Thanks for helping bring these missions down to pin size — and for helping us keep the spirit of exploration alive!