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Importing Wikidata short description: "Spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts"
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{{Short description|Spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts}}
A '''mission patch''' is a cloth reproduction of a spaceflight mission emblem worn by [[astronaut]]s and other personnel affiliated with that mission. It is usually executed as an [[embroidered patch]]. The term '''''space patch''''' is mostly applied to an emblem designed for a crewed space mission. Traditionally, the patch is worn on the space suit that astronauts and cosmonauts wear when launched into space. Mission patches have been adopted by the crew and personnel of many other space ventures, public and private.
== Origins ==
[[Image:Vostok 6 patch.jpg|right|thumb|100px|[[Vostok 6]] mission insignia]]
The first space patch was flown by Soviet cosmonaut [[Valentina Tereshkova]] on the [[Vostok 6]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-061413a.html|title=Fifty years ago, first woman to fly in space wore world's first mission patch - collectSPACE|website=collectSPACE.com}}</ref> mission in 1963; however, that was hidden from public view by the bright orange coverall that was part of the space suit at the time. At the start of the
== Evolution ==
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=== In the Soviet Union/Russia ===
The Vostok-6 patch was the only one of that program. The first spacewalker, [[Alexei Leonov]] wore a general patch on his EVA representing a rocket taking off Earth,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.spacepatches.nl/salyut/cccp.html | title=Www.spacepatches.nl - Salyut - CCCP Zvezda-Rocket(1965) }}</ref> which was also used on subsequent flights. As part of the Interkosmos program, the
=== In the United States ===
Early
[[Image:Gemini5-Patch.jpg|thumb|
This prompted astronaut [[Gordon Cooper]] to propose and develop a mission patch for his and [[Pete Conrad]]'s 1965 [[Gemini 5]] flight: an embroidered cloth patch sporting the names of the two crew members, a covered wagon, and the slogan "8 Days or Bust" which referred to the expected mission duration. NASA administrator [[James E. Webb]] approved the design, but insisted on the removal of the slogan from the official version of the patch. The so-called '''Cooper patch''' was worn on the right breast of the astronauts' uniforms below their nameplates and opposite the NASA emblems worn on the left.<ref name=patch1>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-082415a-gemini5-50th-8daysorbust.html |title='8 Days or Bust' +50 years: Gemini 5 made history with first crew mission patch |publisher=collectspace| date=August 24, 2015}}</ref>
Since Gemini 5, patches have been created for all NASA
Since Gemini 5, every NASA
=== In Europe ===
Although European
=== China ===
In 2003, China launched its first astronaut, [[Yang Liwei]] aboard [[Shenzhou 5]]. Following the US and Soviet/Russian tradition, he had a mission patch on his pressure suit. The
== Categories ==
* Mission patch or crew patch; designed for a single
* Payload patch; designed for a particular payload carried on board a Space Shuttle mission.
* ISS expedition patch; designed for the expedition of a crew on board the International Space Station; these crews wear a separate patch for the Shuttle or Soyuz mission that takes them to the station.
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* Personal patch; designed for an individual astronaut or cosmonaut, for use on one or more space missions. Usually, the patch is not publicized.
* Astronaut/cosmonaut group patch; features the logo of a selection of one particular 'class' of astronauts/cosmonauts, usually including the year of selection.
*
== Artists ==
On the US side, artist like Jean Bealieu, William Bradley, James Cooper, Victor Craft, Jerry Elmore, Frank Kelly Freas, Barbara Matelski, Robert T. McCall, Jean Pinataro, Emilio Pucci, Gene Rickman, Allen Stevens, Norman Tiller, Walter A. Weber, and Lumen M. Winter took care of patch designs. But also aerospace company artists, astronauts and their family members and NASA graphic department designers came up with patch designs.
Most early Soviet/Russian patches were designed by artists that remain anonymous. In the 90s, Dmitri Shcherbinin and Alex Panchenko provided designs for Soyuz missions and personal patches. Russian designs for Soyuz TMA-14 through TMA-03M included art done by children, submitted to Roscosmos as part of a competition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=45 |title=
== Collecting ==
Space patch collecting is done by a modest group of people worldwide, trying to keep up with new releases while searching for vintage examples of early mission patches, some now nearly
==See also==
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== Further reading ==
* Kaplan, Judith and Muniz, Robert. ''Space Patches: From Mercury to the Space Shuttle''. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1986, {{ISBN|0-8069-6294-1}}
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