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| Robert Pearlman | A four-person team of engineers from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will be on board the U.S. Navy's USS Portland Artemis I recovery ship with the software tool created specifically for Orion. "Sasquatch is the software NASA uses to predict large footprints — that's why we call it Sasquatch — of the various debris that is released from the capsule as it is reentering and coming through descent," said Sarah Manning, a Sasquatch operator and aerospace engineer from the Engineering Directorate at Johnson.The hardware jettisoned, or released, during parachute deployment includes drogue and pilot parachutes that help initially slow and stabilize Orion, along with other elements necessary for the parachute sequence to deploy. The primary objective for the Sasquatch team is to help get the ship as close as possible to recover Orion quickly. A secondary objective is to recover as much hardware as possible.  |
| Robert Pearlman | The Kennedy Space Center Exchange Store recently began selling two patches representing the center's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Landing and Recovery Team. Both patches depict NASA's Artemis Orion spacecraft. 
Two other patches were designed, produced and sold by Jim Schultz ("Three Inches Under" on eBay) based on t-shirt designs that were worn by members of the Artemis recovery dive team. The patches were then subsequently bought by the team.  
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| Robert Pearlman | Seen online a patch representing the Navy Aircrewmen from a NASA recovery team member who recently helped track the Crew Module Training Article in an activity with the Artemis II crew. |
| Robert Pearlman | Another recovery team patch, this one for the Kennedy Space Center Flight Operations Air Support team (source): And a matching "Remove Before Flight" key chain to a patch shown earlier:  |
| Robert Pearlman | The Kennedy Space Center Exchange Store is now selling a patch for NASA's recovery team aboard the USS San Diego. |
| Robert Pearlman | Artemis II landing and recovery patch from NASA's Search and Rescue Office: |
| Robert Pearlman | USS John P. Murtha insignia as the prime recovery ship for the Artemis II mission (via NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya): |
| justin13 | The depiction of the capsule on the USS John P Murtha patch makes me wonder if any humans were involved in the creation of that design. |
| Dave Ginsberg | Agreed. I didn't even have to see the capsule to immediately suspect it was an AI generated design. It has a "look" to it that is recognizable as one of several AI "styles" that are currently in vogue. I am personally saddened to see AI infiltrate the space insignia realm. I simultaneously wonder if this is a first (historically speaking), and hope it is the last. |
| TLIGuy | He is a picture a friend sent me of the patch worn by the HSC-23 recovery aircrew.  |
| Robert Pearlman | The above helicopter squadron patch is available from Aviator Gear, though it is meant for bulk orders. There is an option for low quantity orders, but the price per patch is steep. |