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Topic: ISS Expedition 52 insignia
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MSS
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From: Europe
Registered: May 2003
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posted 12-29-2015 12:05 PM
  
ISS Expedition 52 mission patchThe International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 52 begins with the scheduled undocking of Soyuz MS-03 in May 2017. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz MS-05.  Expedition 52 will be commanded by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin with Roscosmos. His crewmates include fellow cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Jack Fischer, and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency. The Expedition 52 insignia was created by NASA graphics artist Sean Collins. (Insignia as seen on Instagram.) |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1040
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 12-29-2015 04:09 PM
I hope this is still an unfinished version because it would look much nicer if all names were in the same font (Eurostile Extended).
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Liembo
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posted 12-29-2015 04:31 PM
I would assume that was an unintentional consequence of the font: not all fonts provide multibyte or Cyrillic versions that render identically and the OS defaults to the closest font family that does. I run into this all the time when prototyping with non-standard fonts. I really like the clever integration of the "5" and "2". One of those, "I wish I thought of that" things. I like the design, it's contemporary and has a sci-fi feel, which I like. |
hoorenz
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posted 12-30-2015 03:44 AM
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Originally posted by Liembo:
I would assume that was an unintentional consequence of the font: not all fonts provide multibyte or Cyrillic versions
I worked on at least four Soyuz patches with the Eurostile Extended font and I always managed to use it for the Russian names as well. The font problems you describe (and which of course I recognize) should never happen with a final version, because the fonts will have been safely converted to paths by then. So let us assume this is indeed still a draft version. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 3039
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 01-01-2016 04:01 PM
Beautiful clean design! My hat's off to Sean Collins. |
COR482932
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From: Cork, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-02-2016 07:25 AM
Very slick- nicely done! |
Russian
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From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 01-11-2016 10:39 AM
But why only four stars and not six — the number of crew members?The planets are too small and as for me "lost." I think I saw before a version of this logo with bigger planets. Could the designer show us this version please? |
hoorenz
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posted 01-12-2016 02:51 PM
This probably is the earlier version you saw: |
Russian
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From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 01-21-2016 03:56 AM
Sean Collins prefered to spoil his own design removing big planets. It's a question of taste finally.But why only four stars? |
hoorenz
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posted 01-27-2016 10:41 AM
I have seen the final version, corrected just a couple of days ago. I can happily report that the fonts of all names will be the same - Eurostile is gone. No other changes. |
Moonbase Alphan
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From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 02-03-2016 08:20 AM
Here is the final version of the ISS Expedition 52 patch with all fonts the same, as mentioned by Erik (hoorenz). |
hoorenz
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posted 02-06-2016 02:36 AM
That's indeed what I saw, Moonbase Alphan. Speaking of which... It does remind me a lot of the Alpha Moonbase logo. |
Moonbase Alphan
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From: Space City, Texas
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 02-08-2016 05:10 PM
LOL. Why yes, yes it does have a hint of 1999 to it.  |
hoorenz
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From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 08-23-2016 10:22 AM
One of the actual patches for the onboard Kentavr suits (front). For Kevin: Embedded label, 257516 "MADE IN USA" 07/1655. A couple of patches in this batch (version in background) have a small production error: these have less space for Misurkin's name, which is partially placed over the inner white line, except for the final two characters, which have shifted upward and end up behind the outer white line. Not a big deal, but maybe interesting information for people who document small variations of every patch.  |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1487
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 08-23-2016 12:06 PM
Many thanks Erik.  I asked a senior manager at AB Emblem about the "55" at the end of the date code. This is their reply. The code "55" means that it was ran here in our facility on our sample machine. It is a small machine used only for samples prior to the approval of a design. All other ISS-52 emblems will have a date code ending in "20". |
AshleyBoykin
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From: Weaverville
Registered: Aug 2016
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posted 09-09-2016 10:00 AM
Kevin, let me make a small amendment to that statement: All others should have a product code ending in 20, 20 being the USA Country Code. However, if we need to produce a large order quickly, we may utilize our sample machine as well as our standard production machines, in which case the product code of those emblems would end with the sample machine code "55". |
hoorenz
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From: The Netherlands
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posted 10-18-2016 03:24 PM
With Alexander Misurkin's crew reportedly moved a couple of flights to the right, this will probably no longer be the Expedition 52 patch. Most likely, this design will be used for the patch of Expedition 54. It must be quite a challenge to do the same trick with a 5 and a 4... Very interested to see how this will turn out. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
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posted 10-18-2016 04:39 PM
Put a vertical, blue-outlined bar behind the ISS, making it the downstroke of the 4? |
Kevin T. Randall
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posted 10-21-2016 01:33 PM
I have been told by AB Emblem that as well as Expedition 52 and 54, the patches for Expedition 51 and 53 will also have to be redesigned or updated due to all the proposed crew changes. |
Russian
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From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 10-27-2016 10:25 AM
I was told that now the old version of ISS 53 will become ISS 52 logo also with five names on it. Somebody knows more? |
hoorenz
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posted 10-28-2016 04:20 AM
Yes, old 53 patch will become 52. Old 54 will become 53. Old 52 will probably become 54.
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KSCartist
Member Posts: 3039
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posted 10-29-2016 08:15 AM
My information is a bit different.53 will become 52
54 has been updated to 55
55 has been updated to 53 So I guess 52 will become 54 |
hoorenz
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posted 10-29-2016 08:27 AM
You are right. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-18-2016 10:17 AM
The revised Expedition 52 insignia: ISS Expedition 52 mission patchThe International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 52 begins with the scheduled undocking of Soyuz MS-03 in May 2017. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz MS-05.  Expedition 52 will be commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. His crewmates, all flight engineers, include: Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky, Jack Fischer and Randy Bresnik of NASA and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli. |
hoorenz
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posted 12-21-2016 09:23 AM
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Kevin T. Randall
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posted 01-10-2017 01:06 PM
The product design number and the first date code used on the new redesigned five crew name version of the Expedition 52 patch is 268382 Made in USA 11/1620. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1487
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 01-11-2017 11:31 AM
Two more different date codes have been bought to my attention for this ISS-52 new design patch. Both were produced on the 'Sample Machine'. They are 268382 Made in USA 11/1655 and 12/1655.An image/photo of these two patches together is available on request. At this time the patches are not mine. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 832
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-17-2017 02:31 PM
JSC Gift Shop (shopnasa.com) still has the original version, official (Space Flight Awareness) Expedition 52 decals in stock. |
PowerCat
Member Posts: 213
From: Herington, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 03-31-2017 10:42 AM
Has anyone heard if there is a modified Expedition 52 patch ready to go if Peggy Whitson's stay on ISS is extended to September? There has been some indications on some recent space articles that a decision on the extension is coming one way or the other. |
MSS
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Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-03-2017 02:53 PM
Expedition 52 cake cutting ceremony at the Johnson Space Center Jan. 31, 2017. |
Russian
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From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 04-05-2017 12:02 PM
The cake is eaten without Peggy... And apparently she has good prospects to stay aboard up to September and land with Yurtchikhin and Fischer. Do anybody know would be new patches with six names ready before the MS-04 liftoff?
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-05-2017 03:23 PM
Peggy Whitson is now officially an Expedition 52 crew member: NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, signed an agreement to extend Peggy Whitson's stay on the space station into Expedition 52. |
Russian
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posted 04-18-2017 07:46 AM
There is a high probability NASA will deliver to Baikonur a new Expedition 52 patch with six names (with Whitson) and it'll be on the crew's training suits tomorrow just before their liftoff. Let's hope it'll be like that! |
Russian
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From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 04-19-2017 08:39 AM
It's strange, at the press conference in Baikonur, Yurchikhin had a new six names version of the ISS 52 patch but Fischer was still wearing the five name version. Different number of stars and the moon is different on the six name patch, too.Do somebody has a good picture of this new version? Share please! I feel it is a little bit bigger than the previous one. |
MSS
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posted 04-19-2017 09:00 AM
Look at photos here.  |
MSS
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posted 04-19-2017 10:57 AM
More photos from NASA on Flickr.Yurchikhin has six names version only. Fischer, Ryazanskiy and Bresnik have not. |
Russian
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posted 04-19-2017 01:15 PM
Maybe it is not AB Emblem embroidery...Fedor's wife arrived Sunday. Maybe she came with this patch for Fedor? Now we should wait to see ISS 52 patches on their Sokols tomorrow and on their on board suits after docking. Hard to wait! |
Jacques van Oene
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Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 04-19-2017 09:08 PM
The crew will probably wear the Exp. 51 patch on their Sokol suits, not 52... |
Russian
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posted 04-20-2017 02:23 AM
Oh! Yes! I completely forgot both ISS missions patches are only on their training suits. But no answer was it AB Emblem six-name patch? |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-20-2017 10:41 AM
It appears that both Yurchikhin and Fischer wore five-name Expedition 52 patches when they came aboard the space station. |
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