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Topic: ISS Expedition 1-Year insignia (Kelly, Kornienko)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 52405
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-11-2014 06:40 AM
   
ISS Expedition One-Year mission patchThis commemorative patch represents the historic, first one-year-long expedition to the International Space Station, spanning Increments 43 through 46.  The ISS, an orbiting laboratory above the Earth, provides a unique environment in which to study the effects of long-duration space flight on the human body. This one-year mission will pave the way for future pursuits in space exploration of humankind on longer journeys to farther destinations. The large number 1 on the patch is emblazoned with US and Russian Flags depicting the duration of the flight and the countries of its crewmembers. The last names of the one-year crew, ISS commander Scott Kelly and flight engineer Mikhail Kornienko, appear under the station symbol above 13 stars, which represent the astronauts and cosmonauts who will be on-board and working together in harmony during this year-long mission. The Earth and sun are depicted with two orbital planes, symbolizing the ISS orbiting the Earth while the Earth is orbiting the sun during the year-long mission. The Commemorative Expedition 1 Year Mission Patch was designed by Scott Kelly working with artists Tim Gagnon and Jorge Cartes.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 52405
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-11-2014 01:31 PM
collectSPACE Space station's first year-long crew counts days to launch, debuts mission patchScott Kelly is 7 months and 17 days from becoming the first NASA astronaut to spend a year in space. Well, maybe not a full year, at least not according to the currently published schedules. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail "Misha" Kornienko are slated to launch to the International Space Station on March 28, 2015 for the first yearlong expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory. They are scheduled to return to Earth 346 days later – 19 days shy of an entire year – on March 7, 2016... |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3469
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-13-2014 09:13 PM
Can't wait to see what Kelly's flightsuit and jacket will look like with this, the four expedition patches, the relevant Soyuz patches, as well as his two shuttle patches and previous two expedition patches and Soyuz TMA-01M patch, as well as a Mach 25 Shuttle and Soyuz patch AND a 100 days patch (does he get to wear three of them?)And what will the backup crew patch look like? A 2 in place of the 1 (grin, duck....) |
QuiGon Grin
Member Posts: 55
From: Rutherford, NJ 07070
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted 08-14-2014 01:42 PM
Anyone else think this patch can be nicknamed the Evel Knievel patch?  For those who may not be familiar with Evel Kenievel, look at the tail of his "skycycle." |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1374
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 08-14-2014 09:42 PM
Glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of him when I saw this patch! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 3080
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 08-16-2014 05:46 AM
LOL. I'll wager Scott's launch goes off better than Evel's did. |
David C
Member Posts: 1439
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 08-17-2014 01:04 AM
I still can't get over them spending all that time up and coming down 19 days short of a year, seems crazy. Worse, if you round it off it's eleven months. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1260
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 08-25-2014 11:05 PM
I don't think I can remember this many patches for future missions being available at the same time before. Is it because the 1 year mission required Kelly and Kornienko's approval before the flight for the expedition patches they would be part of? |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1044
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-26-2014 02:04 AM
Approval is not the reason: these have been approved following the normal time schedule. For instance: at this point, the Expedition 47 patch design has already been finalized and approved. Availability to the public has to do with when NASA places their official order with AB Emblem. Maybe they placed it early this time to have all patches available for Kelly's mission (some items are packed months before the launch and might even travel ahead of the crew aboard Progress or another unmanned freighter). |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1044
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-07-2014 04:19 PM
The one year patch will not be purely commemorative: it will be worn by the crew aboard the ISS. In fact, the flight patches arrived in Moscow today. |
Bull_Eckert
Member Posts: 28
From: Cadiz, Spain
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 10-27-2014 01:26 AM
I have noticed a slight variation in this patch. You can see the patch as seen above with a blue border on the crew names' square. Another has a yellow border as in the original artwork. Also, the thread direction on the square appears to be different. Is this variation incidental? |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1044
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-27-2014 05:55 AM
The original design by Jorge Cartes and Tim Gagnon has an all yellow border. On the AB Emblem website and in the top of this thread, it has a mixed yellow/blue border. But the ones that are sent out by AB (and the ones that will fly) have a yellow border again! So probably, the image on AB Emblem's website, is of a pre-production sample.(What is interesting, is that on AB Emblem's website, the blue bordered version is refereed to as product 235642. While the yellow border version is 235564.) |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 648
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 10-27-2014 06:00 AM
Bull, I believe blue was a test sample. The original artwork and the patch we made and Kelly did approve, has a gold border around. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 52405
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-24-2015 03:48 PM
collectSPACE The surprisingly-dramatic, record-setting story behind Scott Kelly's space patchesScott Kelly's astronaut name tags were supposed to be aboard the International Space Station by now. The two blue and gold embroidered badges, each adorned with U.S. Navy astronaut wings and Kelly's name in either English or Russian, were originally among the items that NASA had arranged to send to the orbiting outpost ahead of Kelly beginning his yearlong mission this Friday (March 27). In fact, the pair of name tags had been packed aboard a U.S. commercial cargo freighter that was on its way to the space station last October. That is, until seconds into the flight, when the unmanned rocket exploded in a giant fireball over Virginia...  |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 648
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 05-23-2015 09:51 AM
Some one of you know where can I get decals of this patch? I'm unable to find one! Thank you guys. |
BMckay
Member Posts: 4080
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 06-05-2015 05:43 PM
Try the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's The Space Shop. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1600
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 05-21-2024 05:22 AM
quote:
Originally posted by hoorenz:
The original design by Jorge Cartes and Tim Gagnon has an all yellow border...
I have just acquired a dark navy blue or possibly black bordered prototype version with the following details on the embedded label;- (2)55501 Made In USA 7/21 (July 21st 2014)
The first numeral "2" is missing from the patch design number because the whole number has shifted to the left on the label.- 235642 with the blue lower border was reported by Erik (hoorenz) on the AB Emblem website in October 2014, but the patch with 235642 has not yet been found or seen? See Erik's last post above.
I have also acquired the following two gold/yellow bordered sample versions; - 235564 2 Made In USA 8/06 (August 6th 2014) with an extra "2" at the end of the patch design number
- 235564 Made In USA 01/30 (January 30th 2015) The sun is a more lemon colour than yellow
The other known date codes for production runs are as follows; - 235564 Made In USA 0814 20
- 235564 Made In USA 09/1420
- 235564 Made In USA 01/1520
- 235564 Made In USA 02/1520
- 235564 Made In USA 03/1520
- 235564 Made In USA 04/1520
- 235564 Made In USA 04/2016
- 261117 Made In China 05/16 01 (private commission)
- 235564 A-B Emblem 04/1840 + extra Made In China label (two labels)
 
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