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Topic: Skylab commemorative patches (Gagnon)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42985 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-29-2018 10:01 PM
Tim Gagnon (cS: KSCArtist) has produced a special set of Skylab patches in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the orbital workshop and its three crewed missions. The patches are now available from AB Emblem. What follows are Tim's patch descriptions: - Skylab Program Commemorative — This design illustrates not only the three crewed increments but pays homage to the astronauts who served in support of the program.
Walt Cunningham the first astronaut to serve as manager for the Astronaut Office. Bob Crippen, William Thornton and Bo Bobko, the SMEAT crew. Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test was a 56 day simulation in a chamber at JSC to evaluate equipment and procedures. Hank Hartsfield and Dick Truly who served as support crew. Rusty Schweikart, Bruce McCandless and Story Musgrave who backed up the first crew and Vance Brand, Bill Lenoir and Don Lind who backed up the second and third crews. The border colors evoke the mustard brown clothing worn on orbit. - Skylab I — Depicts the launch of the orbital workshop on the last Saturn V rocket to fly. The perspective is just before things went horribly wrong with the loss of the meteoroid shield and solar array.
Paying tribute to the three crewed missions, I wanted to clear up the confusion about the mission designation numbers. The original mission patches were numbered 1, 2 and 3 while the official NASA designation numbered the launches including the lab itself as 1, 2, 3 and 4. I included both. As with my Apollo set, I wanted to depict the mission patch images as realistic and design a "spirit" patch that captured the essence of each mission. I am honored that before his death Alan Bean consulted on the Skylab II/3 patches. - Skylab I/2 Anniversary Crew Patch: Based on the painting of Skylab orbiting the Earth by the patch artist, Frank Kelly Freas.
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42985 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-29-2018 10:03 PM
- Skylab I/2 Spirit Patch: In 1973, an editorial cartoonist depicted the launch of the first increment crew as a screwdriver launching into space. Pete Conrad said at launch: "Skylab 2, we fix anything!"
- Skylab II/3 Anniversary Crew Patch: Imagine if Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" was a sculpture instead of a drawing. The Earth and Sun are depicted as realistically as possible.
- Skylab II/3 Spirit Patch: The second crew earned the nickname "Supercrew" for accomplishing 150 percent of mission objectives. They carried spiders as part of a student experiment and the "Vitruvian Man" is depicted in the Skylab EVA suit. Al Bean said their most significant accomplishment was to erect the second sunshield.
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42985 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-29-2018 10:03 PM
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randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-31-2018 08:55 PM
Just ordered a Skylab Rescue patch. |
David C Member Posts: 1014 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 08-01-2018 01:10 AM
Don't like Skylab III/4, feels like a take on Soyuz TMA-16M. And the words are a bit of overkill in case you didn't "get" the runners. |
KSCartist Member Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 08-02-2018 05:26 PM
Thanks for your feedback David and I understand your point. Luckily for me Ed Gibson liked the set. |
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-03-2018 09:37 PM
Got it today. Thanks! |