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Topic: Vostok 6: Valentina Tereshkova's flight patch
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2133
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-26-2005 11:49 PM
   
Does anyone have a close-up photograph they could share with me of the patch emblem carried by Valentina Tereshkova on the left breast of the lightweight blue suit she wore under the orange pressure suit on her Vostok flight? It's in the Museum at the Gagarin Training Centre and I've had it described to me, but I'd certainly like to see it for myself. It is described by many as featuring a dove, but when I asked Tereshkova in Coventry she was quite emphatic that it was a seagull - her call sign. |
kyra
Member Posts: 588
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 01-29-2005 11:29 PM
It is most definitely a dove as it has the olive branch in its beak! |
lewarren
Member Posts: 269
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 01-30-2005 02:11 PM
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2133
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-30-2005 04:55 PM
My curiosity was aroused because I spent a lot of time chatting with Valentina and Museum Director Elena at Coventry in October, and I specifically asked why she had a dove embroidered onto her track suit when her call sign was Seagull. Both Valentina and Elena knew exactly what I was asking, as I had an STS-114 mission patch on the shirt I was wearing, and we spent a bit of time in friendly discussion about it. But both of them were adamant that the bird carrying the olive branch on her patch was a seagull. Now I'm no ornithologist, but if that's not a dove on her patch then I'll give up. On edit: Valentina told me it was put together as a surprise by two ladies in the spacesuit design area. This could be where the problem originates — they might have made it a dove, but when Tereshkova flew with the new callsign "Chaika" (Seagull) she may have adopted it as that species of bird. In training she was called "Birch" and another of the women cosmonauts, perhaps Solovyeva, actually had the callsign of Seagull. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 48708
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-14-2013 03:30 PM
collectSPACE Fifty years ago, first woman to fly in space wore world's first mission patchCosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who 50 years ago this Sunday (June 16) launched aboard the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. But her gender wasn't the only contribution that Tereshkova made to the cultural history of space exploration — she was also the first to wear a mission emblem on her spacesuit, although it was hidden from view. Now half a century later, a Dutch artist is set to bring that patch into the light — and to the public — by producing replicas.  |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1036
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-15-2013 04:23 AM
Congratulations Luc! Your dream has come true. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 618
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 06-15-2013 10:15 AM
Thank you Luc.A GREAT job and a perfect homage for Valentina. The real first patch... and you made it! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 3022
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 06-15-2013 03:32 PM
Congratulations Luc, Erik and Jacques. Another wonderful contribution to patch collecting. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1253
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 06-15-2013 06:36 PM
This is very exciting news! Congrats! |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1036
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-24-2013 10:02 AM
Fyodor Yurchikhin and Aleksandr Misurkin had the patch with them during their June 24, 2013 EVA. It was attached to the pressurized container they carried with them, flanked by two VKD-33 (Russian EVA-33) patches. |
David C
Member Posts: 1353
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 06-29-2013 07:49 PM
My patches arrived today, and I must congratulate Jacques on his excellent work. The full size version in particular has a real vintage look and feel to it. The half scale (quarter area) is also lovely but does look very small in comparison. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 992
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 07-01-2013 04:44 PM
I too received my Tereshkova patch, the half size, and Jacques definitely out did himself on this! |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1253
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 07-01-2013 09:53 PM
My half size came in today as well! It is beautiful! |
johntosullivan
Member Posts: 162
From: Cork, Cork, Ireland
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 07-02-2013 04:05 AM
Just got the half size. Excellent work!! |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 884
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 07-02-2013 05:15 AM
Thank you all for your kind words. |
keith.wilson
Member Posts: 94
From: Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 07-02-2013 11:16 AM
Looking at the EVA photos from 24 June it would appear that Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, (Expedition 36 flight engineer) had the patch on his suit. Take a look at NASA photos ISS036-E-011479 | 11480 | 11481 |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1036
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-02-2013 12:14 PM
Correct! It is the small version, which we specifically prepared for Fyodor to wear on his Orlan suit. The large version was on the pressurized container — which was a surprise for us too. Please let me remind you that it is Luc van den Abeelen who deserves all credits for these reproductions. |
mooncollector
Member Posts: 104
From: Alabama, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 07-02-2013 09:52 PM
Received my full-size and half-size patches today. Absolutely fantastic work. Thanks!I guess Tereshkova was a petite gal, the full-size is maybe an inch or so smaller than what it looked like in her flight suit pictures. The first time I saw those pics I began hoping that someone would take up the challenge of getting replicas made. They were just absolutely must have. This patch is the first of the long line of space patches we all enjoy and the design is an incredible, vintage bit of history that evokes the Soviet spirit of the time. They really romanticized the beginning of the Space Age with their own unique style. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1036
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-08-2013 12:08 PM
A large replica was presented by Zvezda to Valentina Tereshkova on June 19, 2013 in Star City. |
kosmo
Member Posts: 503
From:
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 08-19-2013 05:45 AM
Got my half size and full size Vostok 6 patches, very very nice. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1253
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 08-19-2013 08:56 PM
Got my full size today, and it is even more spectacular than the half size! |
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