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Topic: JAXA's Kibo logo (STS-123, 124, 127)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-17-2007 01:10 PM
   
JAXA, Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency, will see the launch of its first human spaceflight facility, the Kibo Japenese Experiment Module (JEM), over the course of three space shuttle missions beginning next year. Just as its three parts, the logistics, pressurized and exposed modules, will dock together, so does JAXA's logo(s) for Kibo. The three-in-one insignia are designed so that they can stand alone with each mission, noting the JAXA astronaut accompanying each flight, i.e. Takao Doi on STS-123, Akihiko Hoshide on STS-124, and Koichi Wakata with STS-127. 
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-17-2007 05:39 PM
Photo credit: JAXA JAXA astronauts Koichi Wakata and Soichi Noguchi pose with the Kibo insignia. |
ShuttleDiscovery
Member Posts: 152
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Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 03-04-2008 10:12 AM
Seeing as STS-123 is just around the corner, are there any high-res versions? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-04-2008 10:30 AM
The largest scans I have seen thus far are via SpaceFacts: 123, 124, 127.Note that there exists another logo for Kibo, as described by NASA:  The logo for Kibo represents a soaring paper airplane, pioneered by JEM, carrying hopes for the future. Red circle = the earth, sun, and the Japanese flag. Blue background = the sky and the endless expanse of space beyond. STS-123 mission specialist Rick Linnehan wore a lapel pin with that logo during his arrival in Florida for his crew's launch countdown dress rehearsal: |
SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 301
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 03-04-2008 10:56 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
The largest scans I have seen thus far are via SpaceFacts
They are coming from the JAXA site - but very difficult to find. I've published them in the original size. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-04-2008 12:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SPACEFACTS:
They are coming from the JAXA site - but very difficult to find.
Thanks, found them: STS-123, -124, -127. |
MSS
Member Posts: 633
From: Poland
Registered: May 2003
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posted 03-05-2008 02:10 PM
Great patches and thanks for links. |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
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Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 06-25-2008 02:47 AM
I have just purchased a Kibo 1J Hoshide patch from The Space Store. I love it. Does anyone know if the 1J/A STS-123 Takao Doi is/will be available for purchase? |
ShuttleDiscovery
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Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 06-25-2008 10:26 AM
I emailed The Space Store recently and they said it's unlikely they will have the STS-123 version. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-25-2008 10:45 AM
I do not know who made the patch offered by The Space Store, but I have seen the official JAXA versions of the STS-123 and STS-124 patches (as well as the embroidered version of the four logo insignia) and I believe they are different from the one sold. The JAXA patches are very thin (thinner than AB Emblem patches) and their border is flush (i.e. not raised) with the rest of the material. They have no tail on the reverse and are back-coated with a hard wax (the four logo version has a thin cloth, gauze-like or iron transfer overlay). |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
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Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 06-25-2008 11:01 AM
Thank you both for your reply. I guess it seems unlikely that these will be added to the collection. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-25-2008 02:39 PM
Here's a close-up of a Kibo lapel pin of the kind worn by Rick Linnehan in the above picture (still in its sealed bag, so forgive the reflections and other stuff): There are also lapel pins that match the mission-specific Kibo emblems. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-28-2009 01:01 PM
For future reference, here are all four of the JAXA official edition patches:  |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 07-28-2009 03:31 PM
Here is a Kibo logo patch: |
Mike Z
Member Posts: 451
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 08-31-2009 10:36 PM
Does anyone know where to buy the KIBO Patch for STS-127? The Space Store had it but they no longer have any. I have been looking for one for quite a while with no luck. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-01-2009 04:53 AM
More Kibo stuff: |
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