posted 12-22-2008 03:58 PM               

ISS Expedition 22 insignia

Expedition 22 will be the 22nd long duration mission on-board the International Space Station (ISS).

Expedition 22 begins with the Soyuz TMA-15 undocking in November 2009. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-17.

• NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, station commander
  
• Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev
  
• Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, who will launch in December 2009 on Soyuz TMA-17 and return in May 2010 on the same vehicle

posted 02-25-2009 06:08 AM               

The 22nd Expedition to the International Space Station is dedicated to the final stages of assembly and the transition to full utilization as an orbiting laboratory. The sun, providing power and life support to the space station, shines through one of the solar arrays as the ISS orbits above Earth. The oceans and atmosphere, providing life support to Earth, are shown in all their beauty. The moon hovers in the distance as the goal of the next era of exploration. The six stars illustrate the increased capability of the crew complement. In the border are the national flags of the crew members as well as their surnames in their native languages. Expedition XXII continues the effort to acquire the knowledge necessary to extend the reach of exploration from Earth, to the moon and beyond.

posted 04-29-2019 03:01 PM               

Previously until today they only listed and sold the no names version of this patch (SKU patch design number 148241, which had 10 production runs to date), has now been discontinued and the remaining stocks transferred to the "Lost In Space" page.

The original Expedition 22 patch with five crew names had SKU patch design number 147407 C and just two short production runs, 10/09 10 (crew batch), and 04/10 10 (spacepatches.nl batch). The "new" one (if it is new) has SKU 147406, (the six might be a typo error on the AB Emblem website) The date code is unknown at this time (if it is new)? It is listed on the "Expeditions & ISS" pages. I am not sure how many were listed but all sold out in less than 15 minutes? (They may have been a few from the 10/09 10 crew batch.)

posted 05-01-2019 04:30 PM               

• ISS-15 SKU 129504 none found with date code embedded labels on.
  
• ISS-17 SKU 139543 just one production run with embedded labels on.
  
• ISS-22 SKU 148241 ten production runs with embedded labels on.
  
• ISS-24 SKU 156541 seven production runs with embedded labels on.

The ten known production run date codes for the Expedition 22 no crew names patches are as follows;

• 148241 C ---- 09/09 10 (Taiwan)
  
• 148241-C ---- 09/09 20 (USA) (Part of crew batch)
  
• 148241 C ---- 10/09 10 (Taiwan)
  
• 148241-C ---- 10/09 20 (USA) (Part of crew batch)
  
• 148241 C ---- 11/09 10 (Taiwan)
  
• 148241 ---- 04/10 10 (Taiwan)
  
• 148241 C ---- 07/10 10 (Taiwan)
  
• 148241 ---- 10/10 40 (China)
  
• 148241 C ---- 04/11 10 (Taiwan)
  
• 148241. ---- 08/12 20 (USA)

• 147407 C ---- 10/09 10 (Taiwan) (crew issued batch, signed patches known)
  
• 147407 C ---- 04/10 10 (Taiwan) (spacepatches.nl batch)
  
• 147407 ---- 09/10/20 (USA) NASA batch (seen photo only on 23-06-19).
  
• **147407 C ---- 10/10/20 (USA)** (seen on eBay on 02-09-23)

• 147406 A-B Emblem 05/19 55 (USA Sample batch) Confirmed.
  
• 147406 A-B Emblem 5/19 20 (USA) newly listed on the AB Emblem website. (Confirmed).

posted 05-04-2019 01:04 AM               

I have a feeling the two patches listed and sold on Monday 29th April were either two from the original October 2009 batch, or more likely two "new sample" patches with "55" date codes?

posted 05-05-2019 11:27 AM               

The week before last, I reached out to AB Emblem to clarify a question I had re: Expedition patches 21 and 22 with respect to the official vs. unofficial versions of those patches. Andrew of AB Emblem was quite helpful. He contacted NASA directly in Houston and received the following response:

Exp. 21 patch made with no names. In those days we would do a version with no names prior to launch and one with names after they landed since we had a rotating astronaut and the uncertainty of some shuttle launches occurring on time we would opt to make expedition patches with no names to make sure the crew names we did put on there were accurate. The Exp. 22 patch graphic was made with no names and a small amount may have been made with no names, but the majority were made with names. Ultimately the crew decided to go with names on the final version for before and after launch.

posted 05-05-2019 12:32 PM               

This person at NASA JSC, Houston has got the Expedition 22 "no crew names" and "with crew names" patches around the wrong way. There were tens of thousands made in ten production runs between September 2009 and August 2012 of the "no names" patches (see list above), but probably only 50 made with the "crew names" on (originally produced in October 2009). Only the decals have the "five crew names" on only.