posted 12-13-2015 08:39 AM               

I'm assuming these patches were made while the construction of the International Space Station occurred. Thanks again!

posted 12-26-2015 07:59 AM               

It is unknown if these patches and pins are official NASA ones, or privately commissioned. Whichever it was, they only produced these patches and pins in small numbers, just for the design team working on the construction of the International Space Station. Hence why these patches and pins have not been seen or recorded before.

It looks like the patches started from ISS Payload Increment Operations number 6, and went on from there, 7, 8, 9, X, 11, 12, 13, 14, XV, 16, 17, 18, 19/20, 21/22. (There are patches and pins for Ops-23/24, Ops-25/26, Ops-27/28 and beyond?)

posted 12-28-2015 10:46 AM               

Yes, I have seen and have most of them. We have Increment Lead teams designated for each pair of increments and many of those patches are designs made to commemorate those missions. Others are general Payload Ops patches designed by folks in the POIC [Payload Operations Integration Center].

posted 08-21-2018 02:46 AM               

If you get the chance, you might want to display these with the Payload Operations and Integration Center patch below – this is the facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center that coordinates and runs payload ops on the ISS.

I worked in the POIC (also known as the Huntsville Operations Support Center) for STS-35 (Astro-1) back in the Spacelab days before ISS, but we didn't have patches back then for individual HOSC/POIC missions.

posted 08-21-2018 09:15 AM               

Just to confirm the patch sizes above are as follows;

• Payload Operations Increment 0/1 The Early Birds... 4" diameter round.
  
• ISS Payload Operations Increment 2 is 4" x 2" oval.
  
• ISS Payload Ops Increment 3 is 4" x 3.5" rectangular.
  
• MSFC Space Station Payload Operations Inc. 4 is 3.5" x 3.5" square.
  
• ISS Payload Operations UF-2 V (5) 9A is 4" diameter round.
  
• ISS Payload Ops Increment 6 is 3.9" x 3.9" pentagon.
  
• ISS Payload Operations 7 2003 is 4" x 2.5" oval.
  
• Payload Operations and Integration Program patch is 3.5" diameter round.

• Payload Operations and Integration Increment 8 is 3.5" x 4" oval.
  
• Space Station Payload Operations 9 is 4" x 2.5" irregular oval.
  
• Payload Operations ISS X (10) is 4" x 2.5" rectangular.
  
• ISS Payload Operations 11 Huntsville, AL is 3.2" x 4" rectangular.
  
• Payload Operations Expedition 12 is 3.5" diameter round.
  
• Payload Operations 13 is 3.4" x 2.8" irregular oval.
  
• ISS Payload Operations Huntsville XIV (14) is 3.2" x 4" spear.
  
• Payload Operations XV (15) is 3.5"x 3.2" rectangular.
  
• ISS Payload Operations Increment 16 is 3" x 3.9" irregular oval.
  
• Payloads ISS 17 is 4" x 4" pentagon.
  
• Space Station Payloads Expedition 18 is 3.7" x 3.8" (leaning square).
  
• ISS Payload Operations 19/20 is 4.7"x 2.9" Irregular shape.
  
• ISS Payload Operations 21/22 is 4.2"x 3.3" Irregular (159287 ---- 12/0916).
  
• ISS Payload Operations 23/24 (not seen)
  
• ISS Payload Operations 25/26 is 4.6"x 3.3" Irregular (175144 ---- 03.1116).
  
• ISS Payload Operations 27/28 is 3.4" x 2.5" rectangular (185615 ---- 10 11 04).
  
• ISS Payload Operations 29/30 (not seen).
  
• ISS Payload Operations 10 Years is 4.5" diameter round (175768 0201016).
  
• Space Ops 2010 Huntsville (the possible 4" diameter patch not seen yet, only seen the pins).

posted 09-14-2024 09:24 AM               

• 4" round Payload Ops Program 470099

• 4" round Payload Ops 69 466086
  
• 4" star shaped Payload Ops 70 469072
  
• 4" round Payload Ops 71 466091
  
• 4" four sided diamond shape Payload Ops 72 469595

The Payload Operations Integration Center POIC) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is the heartbeat for space station research operation. As NASA's primary space station science command post, the payload operations team coordinates all U.S. scientific and commercial experiments on the station, synchronizes payload activities of international partners, and directs communications between researchers around the world and their on-board experiments. POIC provides a one-stop-shop infrastructure supporting customers' mission needs with everything from command and telemetry to voice, video, and storage.

The payload operations team integrates research timelines and requirements, schedules ground and crew training, plans the orbital research schedule, and ensures missions and experiments are safely executed. During each six-month space station research expedition, controllers manage payload resources on station, handle science communications with the crew,and oversee all transmissions to and from the orbiting research center. They process hundreds of payload commands in support of investigations each day and continuously monitor the health and status of scientific instruments deployed on the space station.

POIC has a proven history of conducting end-to-end mission operations for science payloads in low-Earth orbit and is capitalizing on this experience to be able to support missions in cis lunar space, on the lunar surface and beyond.

posted 09-24-2024 04:44 AM               

• Payload Ops 69 - 4" round 466086 A-B Emblem Made In China 08/2440
  
• Payload Ops 70 - 4.8"x 4.4" five pointed star 469072 A-B Emblem Made In China 08/2440
  
• Payload Ops 71 - 4" round 466091 A-B Emblem Made In China 08/2440
  
• Payload Ops 72 - 4.6"x 4.6" diamond shape 469595 A-B Emblem Made In China 08/2440
  
• Payload Operations and Integration program 4" round 470099 A-B Emblem Made In China 09/2440

posted 11-09-2024 12:42 AM               

• Payload Operations and Integration Increment 63 (4.8" wide x 3.2" high oval) 470451 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Payload Operations Integration Center Marshall Space Flight Center Increment 64 (4" round) 470442 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Payload Operations and Integration Increment 65 (4.3" wide x 2.6" high irregular rectangle) 470450 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Payload Operations and Integration Increment 66 paving the way to the stars (4.8" wide x 3.5" high triangle) 470449 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Payload Operations and Integration 67 (irregular 3.9" wide x 3.5" high pentagon) 470448 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Payload Operations & Integration Increment 68 (4" wide/high pentagon) 470447 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• 10 years of Payload Ops. anniversary patch (4.5" round) 175768 ---- 0201016 (original label details)
  
• Human Exploration Development & Operations Office, Advancing Human Exploration & Discovery (4" round) a MSFC patch? No embedded label. This patch may Not be an AB Emblem patch.

The figure "45" at the end of the date codes denotes either a 'Prototype' or are 'Sample' patches on the top six patches shown above. They are;

• Ops. Increment 63 470451 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Ops. Increment 64 470442 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Ops. Increment 65 470450 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Ops. Increment 66 470449 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Ops. Increment 67 470448 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445
  
• Ops. Increment 68 470447 A-B Emblem Made In China 10/2445

Updated on 10th December 2024;

Another patch has been seen on eBay (from the same seller as the patches above) which looks to be part of the Marshall Space Flight payload operations ISS MER Mission Evaluation Room. This patch is 5.3" wide x 2.7" high oval. It has no embedded label on, so may not be an AB Emblem made patch.

Updated on 13th December;

Six more of these Payload Operations Increment patches have been sold on eBay by the original seller.

• Ops. Increment 63 470451 A-B Emblem Made In China 11/2440
  
• Ops. Increment 64 470442 A-B Emblem Made In China 11/2440
  
• Ops. Increment 65 470450 A-B Emblem Made In China 11/2440
  
• Ops. Increment 66 470449 A-B Emblem Made In China 11/2440
  
• Ops. Increment 67 470448 A-B Emblem Made In China 11/2440
  
• Ops. Increment 68 470447 A-B Emblem Made In China 11/2440