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Topic: NASA CHAPEA Mars analog mission patches
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 57347
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-25-2023 12:00 AM
   
CHAPEA, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is a series of three ground-based, more-than-a-yearlong missions, during which crew members will live and work in a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot habitat, "Mars Dune Alpha," at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas. Researchers will simulate the challenges of a human mission to Mars, including resource limitations, equipment failure, communication delays, and other environmental stressors. Here is the CHAPEA program logo:  CHAPEA Mission 1 begins on June 25, 2023 and is planned to last 378 days. The crew, all volunteers, include commander Kelly Haston, flight engineer Ross Brockwell, medical officer Nathan Jones and science officer Anca Selariu. Here is the CHAPEA Mission 1 patch:  |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 3120
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 06-27-2023 12:40 PM
Did they explain why one letter in their surname is gold? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 57347
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-27-2023 01:43 PM
They haven't, but I noticed the same and submitted the question to NASA. It also looks like I will be interviewing a member of the crew in July, so I can ask then if not known before. |
Paul J. Brennan
Member Posts: 311
From: Linden, CA
Registered: May 2019
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posted 06-27-2023 07:23 PM
Congrats to Blake Dumesnil on the designs, always quality work! |
MajTom7
Member Posts: 211
From: Cocoa, FL USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 06-28-2023 08:55 AM
This is serious, not Stars on Mars. |
IconDesign29
Member Posts: 56
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-28-2023 11:56 AM
Thanks Paul! I have to give a shout out to my coworker Joe for the excellent work he did on polishing up the crew's mission patch. I was out on vacation when the last minute request came in to design it (last week right before the mission started) and he did a great job deriving it from my original CHAPEA patch.Oh and as for the emphasized letters — they are the initials of the other two crew members who were originally selected as prime/back up crew members. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 57347
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-03-2026 09:06 AM
Here is a look the recently-completed mission CHAPEA II patch: AviatorGear has the embroidered patch available for sale:  |
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