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Moonbase Alphan
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posted 03-13-2019 07:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moonbase Alphan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here's the NASA insignia for Northrop Grumman's NG-11 Cygnus resupply flight:

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-25-2019 10:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Northrop Grumman's NG-11 mission insignia:

SkyMan1958
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posted 03-25-2019 11:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SkyMan1958   Click Here to Email SkyMan1958     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anyone know why there is a wedge of cheese acting as a hyphen between the NG and the 11 in the NG patch? Thank you!

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-25-2019 12:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NG-11 will be the first mission to demonstrate Antares' late-load capability, enabling Cygnus to fly live mice for the Rodent Research experiment on the space station. (Also check out the eye of the swan in the NASA NG-11 patch.)

SkyMan1958
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posted 03-25-2019 02:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SkyMan1958   Click Here to Email SkyMan1958     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I hadn't noticed the swan's eye. Thank you Robert!

Kevin T. Randall
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posted 04-22-2019 02:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kevin T. Randall   Click Here to Email Kevin T. Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Today A-B Emblem released the NASA version of this Cygnus NG-11 patch (top photo). It has SKU patch design number 407368. The date code is 04/19 20 (USA) for the 4" version, now confirmed.

A 3" manufacturing error version of the AB Emblem "swan" version has been listed for sale on the AB Emblem "lost in space" page. SKU 407368 (ME) A-B Emblem 4/19 20 (USA) the date code now confirmed.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-23-2019 11:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Northrop Grumman's NG-11 embroidered patch:

ddrwilli
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posted 04-24-2019 09:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ddrwilli   Click Here to Email ddrwilli     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NG-11 patch description from the back of the decal - I note that it says nothing about the cheese.
NG-11, represented by eleven gold stars emblazoned alongside the patch, is Northrop Grumman’s eleventh Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to deliver critical provisions and science experiments to the astronauts at the International Space Station. The center of the patch prominently displays the name of the program with the Cygnus spacecraft attached to the robotic arm of the International Space Station. The shape of the patch represents the fairing of the Antares rocket, which will launch this mission from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore which is represented in the backdrop of the patch. This patch was designed by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems employee, Kevin Peak.

Kevin T. Randall
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posted 05-17-2019 12:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kevin T. Randall   Click Here to Email Kevin T. Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A second date code has now been reported on the 4" AB Emblem NG-11 patch.
  • 407368 A-B Emblem 04/19 20 (USA)
  • 407368 A-B Emblem 5/19 20 (USA)

BMckay
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posted 05-30-2019 02:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BMckay   Click Here to Email BMckay     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My NG-11 patches have no AB stickers on it. Still a cool patch. Love the cheese.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 05-30-2019 03:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
AB Emblem does not make Northrop Grumman's patches. AB only makes the NASA versions of the CRS patches. (The "cheese" patch is the Northrop version.)

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