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Topic: NASA's Space Shuttle Program logo patch
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Voyager1975
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Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 02-06-2009 10:55 PM
   
Does anyone out there know if there is a real difference in the Space Shuttle Program patch that NASA astronauts wore on their light blue flight jackets in the early to mid 1980's and the current AB Emblem Space Shuttle program patch? Is the patch that is out now pretty much the same one that was worn by astronauts in the 1980's? |
aerospace educator
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posted 02-07-2009 04:34 AM
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dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 755
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-24-2009 11:48 PM
I have a 3" shuttle program patch that I bought at the now defunct Florence, South Carolina air and space museum way back in 1979 at the young age of 8. This is my first patch ever and I still have it! I am wondering, since I don't remember, if anyone can say who is the manufacturer of this patch pictured below.  |
Sean Collins
Member Posts: 29
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 12-31-2009 09:06 AM
AB Emblem probably. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-31-2009 09:11 AM
When was the program insignia first introduced and do we know who designed it? |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 561
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 12-31-2009 01:43 PM
It was designed by artist Robert Schulman, who was head of the Special Services Branch at NASA Headquarters. The design was first released in December 1976. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-31-2009 02:10 PM
Thanks. I was going to ask next if anyone knew how to contact Schulman, but a quick search resulted in the NASA release noting his death in 2004. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 755
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-31-2009 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by Sean Collins:
AB Emblem probably.
Thanks, I thought it might be AB Emblem, but I had to pass it along to more studious people to consider. I still remember the day I got it. I'm sure my parents paid for it considering my age. I will never part with it as it's my most sentimental patch although it is a little worn and slightly tattered looking. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 991
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 02-10-2014 06:02 PM
I've been noticing several variations to the triangular shuttle program patch. How many have you seen? What is the status of the patches: are they commemorative, commemorating a specific cause like breast cancer; personal, etc.? Is the triangular patch the official insignia of the shuttle program or is the round Space Shuttle Program insignia the "new official" design? If so when did it change to the round design?  I've found the following so far. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1547
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 02-10-2014 06:19 PM
There's another one I came across a few months back. Standard triangular shape with a really washed out pink as the main color and instead of "Space Shuttle" it has "Endeavour '92". |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-12-2014 01:40 PM
To the best of my knowledge, other than the official gold border version, all the others were fantasy/souvenir patches produced without NASA's or its contractors' knowledge. I could be wrong, though.There is also a version (at least in decal form) that has the gold border but the external tank is the burnt orange of the post-STS-2 missions). That too, is not official (but could be spotted around the ET office at Marshall Space Flight Center). |
Liembo
Member Posts: 718
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 02-12-2014 01:57 PM
There was also a version kicking around on eBay in the past 6 months that I believe said "Space Shuttle Discovery" but otherwise looked like the regular, 3" version. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 718
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 02-12-2014 02:01 PM
This one, too:  |
JBoe
Member Posts: 991
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 02-12-2014 04:05 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
...but the external tank is the burnt orange
I believe the decal with the burnt orange external tank may possibly be Lockheed Martin's version of the logo patch to signify their Michoud operations. I recently purchased a logo pin with the orange tank from a former employee's family member, but this is my speculation. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 857
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 02-13-2014 08:48 PM
The 3 inch program patches with Edwards AFB or Space Shuttle Discovery were mostly used on hats and sold on the East Shore Public Viewing Site. They were also sold by the same groups again at the Edwards AFB Open Houses in the 80's. They were better for those groups to sell since they would work for a lot of landings and they would not get stuck with hats for one single mission if they had used a crew patch. |
lucspace
Member Posts: 446
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 07-29-2014 08:01 PM
Would anyone know what font was used in the Space Shuttle program patch? It does not seem to be Helvetica Regular. |
lucspace
Member Posts: 446
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 07-30-2014 01:45 PM
The Space Shuttle program logo with brown tank was distributed as a sticker at KSC on the occasion of the final launch, STS-135. |
Kenny
Member Posts: 31
From: Johnson City, Tennessee USA
Registered: Nov 2013
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posted 10-10-2014 11:51 AM
Did Lion Brothers make a space shuttle program patch (the triangular "Space Shuttle" patch) with a bare cloth backing?I've seen two types of plastic backed program patches by Lion Brothers, but never a cloth backed type. Does it exist? |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1301
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 10-10-2014 12:42 PM
Yes, they do exist. I have two examples of a bare backed Lion Brothers Shuttle Program patch. (One is attached to a Smithsonian Inst. National Air and Space Museum card). These are rare patches, but they could be normal Lion Brothers patches but with the plastic coating, or vacuum sealed coating missing. |
miborne
New Member Posts: 6
From: Adrian, MI, USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 10-04-2015 06:27 PM
Looking for information about the triangular STS Program Patches. Can't seem to find variations (except for Lion Brothers and early AB) anywhere. Maybe I'm missing something on spacepatchdatabase.com or crewpatches.com? Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Marc05A
Member Posts: 40
From: Reims, France
Registered: May 2009
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posted 01-14-2019 08:40 AM
Does anybody know the history of the space shuttle program logo?When was it introduced? Was there any guidelines for its official use back in the shuttle days? I may be wrong, but it looks like it was not widely used in the agency, any idea why? Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 561
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 01-14-2019 04:29 PM
As noted previously, it was designed by artist Robert Schulman, who was head of the Special Services Branch at NASA Headquarters. The design was first released in December 1976. Guidelines were released. The original plan was to have all shuttle crews wear this patch, with a red bar below indicating the mission number, instead of a crew patch. As you might expect, the astronauts got that plan scrapped. |
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