5/24/2023 0 Comments Nasa space shuttle patches![]() "Itwas interesting having them help us out making some of the choices,"praised Boe of Gagnon and Cartes. Ultimatelythe experience designing the patch, which took about two and a half months inlate 2007, was enjoyable for all involved. "Therays of the sun were a contribution from Ferguson," Gagnon described."He wanted the rays exploding over the horizon, pretty much like they didon the 115patch." The rising sunwas at the suggestion of the commander, in a reference to his previousspaceflight. There is a redstar representing Mars," stated Boe. "Orionon the patch is showing our future, where we are going next. The white and red starswere adapted from Gagnon's first proposal to the crew. Theemblem's other elements fell into place more easily. "Itmade it an interesting challenge," Boe admitted. The commander is Chris Ferguson andmission specialists include Steve Bowen, Shane Kimbrough and Don Pettit.Īnd thenthere's STS-126's lead spacewalker Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper. Most of theastronauts' names, like Boe's, are short. "Oneof the other challenges is getting all the names onto the patch," observedBoe. The otherconcern was already name-inspired. For the STS-126 crew, that was to be Expedition18 flight engineer Sandra Magnus. Earlier insignia attached atab to the bottom of the patch with the name of the astronaut riding with thecrew to serve aboard the ISS. "Theywanted to get the ISS crew member's name onto the patch but without having atab as with prior patches," Gagnon explained. "The crewwas the ones who suggested turning the patch vertical," shared Gagnon.Their reasons were two-fold. The crew liked the idea but put its own 'spin' onit. "Ilike circular patches but I wanted to be original, so I sketched a rounded ovaland I pictured the MPLM," said Cartes.Ĭartes drewhis MPLM lying on its side. When Eric contacted me, I e-mailedJorge and said, 'This is what the mission is about, why don't you throwsomething together and I'll send it in.'"Ĭartesaccepted Gagnon's offer and in doing, introduced the idea of an MPLM-shapedpatch. "You always hope another opportunityis going to come up, but you never know. "Webegan e-mailing each other back then and he said this was always something hewanted to do, too," said Gagnon. They met online after Gagnon designed theInternational Space Station Expedition11 patch and Cartes wrote to offer his congratulations. The twoartists, Tim Gagnon and Jorge Cartes have not met in real life. "Whatthey did," described Boe, "is helped us bring some ideas togethervery quickly." The ideafor the insignia's design evolved as Boe worked with two artists who initiallycontacted the crew with some concepts of their own. ![]() Twelve daysinto the 16-day flight, Boe and his crew mates have completely unpackedLeonardo and are in the process of re-packing it with supplies to be returnedto the ground, bringing us back to the scene shown within the MPLM-shapedpatch. Leonardo'scompliment of cargo led NASA to describethe STS-126 mission as "Extreme Home Improvement."
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