Nasa apollo 11 lunar landing patch with hoop and loop backing nasa apollo 11 50th anniversary patch 3. All the early astronauts were military men, so they took the practice with them to nasa. Jack swigert apollo flown space suit patches sell for. It was supplied to nasa for use as the outer layer of the apollo space suits and inflight garments worn by the astronauts after the apollo 1 fire. The crew endured incredible circumstances after launching 11 april 1970, when two days later, they were forced into an emergency turnaround before ever reaching the moon. They were replaced by silkscreened images on beta cloth, a flame resistant material that was safer to sew to a. Get the best deals on nasa patches travel collectibles when you shop the largest online selection at. Two of the patches were printed on quite large pieces of beta cloth and were still marked with the characteristic cutting lines. Apollo 17 flown stillsealed package of twentyfive beta cloth lot. By the time of apollo 11, sophisticated designs were drawn up by professional artists and silkscreened onto nonflammable beta cloth. However, the older patches they sell are mostly remakes, and of lower quality than the originals. It flew around the far side of the moon, making the crew, frank borman, william a. Get the best deals on nasa patch nasa program collectibles when you shop the largest online.
Apollo 8 was the first mission to leave earths orbit. Apollo 1 apollo 7 apollo 8 apollo 9 apollo 10 apollo 11. Commercial apollo mission beta patches collectspace. Apollo patches can be roughly divided into seven categories. The superb space flown item came from the personal collection of the 1971 missions lunar module pilot, edgar mitchell. Program generic patches, mission patches produced by ab emblem, mission patches produced by lion brothers, beta cloth patches produced by owens corning, recovery ship patches, commemorative patches and patches made from designs that only existed as stickers at the time. The beta cloth patches were supplied to nasa in this form, and many were carried as souvenirs on missions without any further treatment by the astronaut crews. He gave the idea to artist lumen winter, who came up with the threehorse design symbolising apollo riding across the sky towards the moon. Our framed nasa sets are the ideal collectible or gift and include a variety of nasa patches, pins, and medallions. Prices paid for apollo beta cloth patches collectspace. Nasa patch nasa program collectibles for sale ebay. Lot of 5 vintage nasa apollo patchesspace shuttleappollo 15 16unusednice. You will receive one each of the following patches apollo 1,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17.
After the apollo 1 fire, nasa sought to get as much flammable material out of the spacecraft as possible. This was the final mission of the apollo program and the last mission that humans walked on the moon. This framed apollo 11 mission patch was presented to nasas kennedy space center during the july 21, 2014, when the centers operations and checkout building was renamed the neil armstrong operations and checkout building. The resulting fabric will not burn, and will melt only at. The crew asked artist victor craft to draw the final design of a clipper ship flying the u. Upper left corner has 399y marking because it was bought at an estate auctio nthis beautiful piece of nasa history was recently purchased at an estate sale. Sorry i posted the wrong sale, it was this apollo 8 patch i was questioning ebay item 164029209509. They were replaced by silkscreened images on beta cloth, a flame resistant material that was safer to sew to a spacesuit over an astronauts chest.
Youd need to scan a good betacloth patch to get equivalent color separations, and that would lead to a significant degradation in image quality. To the right was the earth, with the moon in the upper left of the center disc. Lot of 5 vintage nasa apollo patches space shuttleappollo 15 16unusednice. Take your nasa and space collection to another world with pins from nasa apollo missions and different space programs. The space store carries all the mercury, gemini and apollo program patches. It was supplied to nasa by the owens corning corporation for use as the outer layer of the apollo space suits and inflight garments worn by the astronauts after the apollo 1 fire. To the right was the earth, with the moon in the upper left of the. Beta cloth consists of fine woven silica fiber, similar to fiberglass. The space store has the nasa apollo mission patches, from the official nasa patch vendor. The apollo 11 patch was something of a departure, however. I bought a number of these beta cloth patches last may when quite a few were auctioned on ebay including a 4 nasa vector, apollo, skylabs 2 and 3, astp crew patch and a very small american flag.
Get the best deals on apollo patches in nasa program collectibles when you. Apollo mission patches nasa solar system exploration. Its possible the photo ids for this image and ap09aw2 are reversed. Rare apollo 11 lion brothers vintage original nasa cloth back space patch we have all of the vintage lion brothers apollo patches and more listed this vintage original 4 lion bros apollo 11 cloth back nasa space patch is in excellent condition 2002 2020. Hi, i would like to know how to start collecting space patches. Patches shop nasa the gift shop at nasa johnson space center. Beta cloth patches were designed as commemorative pieces to carry along the mission in a material made of fire proof material woven from teflon fibers. However, the older patches they sell are mostly remakes, and of lower quality. This comes from the patches that were available through owens corning. Apollo 11 official beta cloth patch original nasa nos apollo 11 official. Rare apollo 11 lion brothers vintage original nasa cloth back.
Apollo 11 beta cloth patch flown to the lunar surface during the apollo 11 mission and presented to apollo astronaut jack swigert. The first flight was apollo 7, october 27, 1961 and the last flight, apollo 17, was december 7, 1972. Get the best deals on nasa patch nasa program collectibles when you shop the largest online selection at. Nasas space program, with sites set far beyond the moon remember, venus had already been attempted and achieved by both the us and soviet space programs in unmanned flybys, devised a means to orbit the moon, deploy a lunar landing module, and transport two astronauts armstrong and aldrin to the surface of the moon before anyone else. Since february 1970, ab emblem has been the sole supplier to the astronauts office with our emblems flying in space on the apollo vehicles, the space shuttles and most recently our. Apollo 14 was the third mission to land on the moon. Rare apollo 11 lion brothers vintage original nasa cloth. The first flight was apollo 7, october 27, 1961 and the.
The gemini missions had the following challenges to meet prior to attempting lunar missions. Beta cloth is a fire proof material woven from teflon coated glass fibres. Contractor to nasa, which they have in fact been since apollo 15, and as far. Patches originated in the us military, where air crews came up with their own designs to represent particular missions. Sold this is a beta cloth patch intended for a flight suit for the apollo 15 flight. Apollo space shop vntage, apollo xi beta patch made from. Beta cloth is a type of fireproof silica fiber cloth used in the manufacture of apollo skylab a7l. The project apollo insignia was a disk circumscribed by a band displaying the words apollo and nasa. The item up for bid is a nasa apollo 8 beta cloth mission patch. Here, we see a patch from nasa 6mir 24 mission where mir acts as the hammer of. An amazing offering of twentyfive apollo 17 patches flown to the moon. Apollo program patch set set of apollo mission patches. The contents comprise of repair patches, cleaning pads, orings, towels, lubricant, and instructions. Nasa apollo xvii 17 beta cloth mission patch cernan evans schmitt.
Apollo commander jim lovell began designing a patch with the idea of the greek god apollo driving his chariot across the sky, dragging the sun with it. Apollo missions owens corning beta cloth patches flag. Apollo mission patches the national space centre the. Make offer vintage rare nasa apollo space patches lot of 10. Owens corning contracted out the printing of nasas beta cloth patches to the screen print corp. Mar 27, 2015 gemini program mission patches gemini program mission patches gemini 3 and gemini 4 unofficial commemorative patch designs are available, but they were not worn by the crews.
This is the official patch of the apollo xvii 17 lunar landing mission. It was a common practice for the commander of each mission to fly a t38 into the asheville airport to help the. Nasa beta cloth apollo xvii patch 1972 cernan, evans. As for now, i do not collect patches but i suddenly developed the interest for patches when my friend recently stumbled upon an sts7 patch and gave it to me he collects military patches so he does not know how and why a historical nasa mission patch ended up in his house. Surprising to me are the prices on the nasa meatball patch. The crew opted to leave off their own names, to represent all. Mission patches are 3 inch patches all patches are made in the usa.
Apollo patches in nasa program collectibles for sale ebay. The embroidered apollo 11 patch was manufactured by ab emblems, a patch embroidery company started by e. Exceptionally rare collection of jack swigerts apollo flown spacesuit beta cloth patches. The center disk bore a large letter a with the constellation orion positioned so that its three central stars formed the bar of the. Very scarce collection of four jack swigert apollo flown space suit patches. All three crew members were united states navy commanders, so they chose traditional navy colours gold and blue. Apollo patch set shop nasa the gift shop at nasa johnson. Our high quality apollo patches are professionally printed and perfect to sew onto backpacks, jackets and more to give them some unique personality. Space museum mission patches star2star communications. Henry conrad and nasa got together in the 1960s and ab emblem made the first nasa patch aka the meat ball and the partnership continues to this day. We also carry several other commemorative and other mercury, gemini and apollo patches.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Beta cloth is a type of fireproof silica fiber cloth used in the manufacture of apollo skylab a7l space suits, the apollo thermal micrometeoroid garment, the mcdivitt purse, and in other specialized applications. Authentic nasa apollo 14 beta cloth crew patch as worn by the crew on apollo 14 only one more left after this one this patch is a last run it has been in my possession since it was printed it is very clean and there are no creases frayed edges are normal the patch in the pictures is the one being sold owens corning contracted out the. A beta cloth is a fire proof material woven from teflon coated glass fibres. The apollo 12 crew designed their patch with the help of their nasa colleagues. Get the best deals on apollo patches in nasa program collectibles when you shop the largest online selection at. Apollo 11 official beta cloth patch original nasa nos. Nasa artist james r cooper works on the apollo 11 patch design used with.
Apollo missions owens corning beta cloth patches flag framed. See more ideas about patches, space patch and nasa patch. The center disk bore a large letter a with the constellation orion positioned so that its three central stars formed the bar of the letter. They are very strong at auction houses and on ebay. Get the best deals on apollo patches in nasa program collectibles when you shop.
This framed apollo 11 mission patch was presented to nasa s kennedy space center during the july 21, 2014, when the centers operations and checkout building was renamed the neil armstrong operations and checkout building. Lunar moon mission apollo 11 nasa patch eagle land99u1 vtg approx 3. This included the patches that, until then, had been embroidered. The apollo 11 beta cloth pouch contains a spacesuit repair kit. Beta cloth is a type of fireproof silica fiber cloth used in the manufacture of apolloskylab a7l space suits, the apollo thermal micrometeoroid garment, the mcdivitt purse, and in other specialized applications beta cloth consists of fine woven silica fiber, similar to fiberglass. Patches shop nasa the gift shop at nasa johnson space. The apollo mission space patches were out of this world. Nasa named the program gemini after the twin stars castor and pollox, one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac. It was incorporated into nasa space suits after the deadly 1967 apollo 1. The apollo program, known as project apollo was the third united states human spaceflight program carried out by the nasa, which accomplished landing the first humans on the moon from 1969 to 1972. As an extreme example, take a look at the apollo 17 artwork and the apollo 17 beta cloth patch. A partner of nasa for previous missions, ab emblems became the sole contractor for all nasa patches in 1971. Get the best deals on apollo patches when you shop the largest online selection.
Patches created for shuttle missions to mir usually display an excellent mix of american and russian heroic tropes. It includes the essential supplies to perform minor emergency repairs to the pressure bladder in the case of a puncture. Included with each patch is a detailed description of the patch, colors, and symbols. Where additional wear resistance was needed, external patches of.