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Topic: Artemis Orion landing and recovery patches
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-10-2022 11:21 PM
   
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
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-23-2023 01:57 PM
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
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-29-2024 12:13 PM
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
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-29-2024 09:09 AM
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
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-29-2024 06:27 PM
The Kennedy Space Center Exchange Store is now selling a patch for NASA's recovery team aboard the USS San Diego. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-02-2026 08:19 PM
Artemis II landing and recovery patch from NASA's Search and Rescue Office: |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-09-2026 09:06 PM
USS John P. Murtha insignia as the prime recovery ship for the Artemis II mission (via NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya): |
justin13
Member Posts: 60
From: Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 04-12-2026 08:27 AM
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
Member Posts: 236
From: Redmond, Washington, USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 04-12-2026 01:20 PM
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
Member Posts: 277
From: Virginia
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 04-12-2026 06:49 PM
He is a picture a friend sent me of the patch worn by the HSC-23 recovery aircrew.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56358
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-13-2026 08:32 PM
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. |
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