By now, we’re all familiar with the mission patch of the NASA mission STS-107. Spaceship-shaped, with the names of the astronauts around the base (may they rest in peace).
My question is about the middle of the patch. It is three lines going through a hoop with a star at the top. The middle line takes on the form of cursive letters which appear to read “MG.” What do these letters stand for?
I was just about to say that it looked more like a “mu”. It’s a pretty interesting design. Its a shame people will learn to recognise it because of this…
I don’t know what that means, but I believe the astronauts did wear this. Although I’m not sure. Did Armstong, Aldrin, and Collins wear the eagle-on-the-moon thing?
i think what was meant was that this particular patch was probably not sewn into a uniform, but was an “extra” one, part of a cache of extras that are distributed to museums, etc. after the mission.
I believe that the OP was refering to the mission patch in general and not the one photographed in a grassy field in Texas. Bosda and ataraxy22 were probabaly refering to the later which appears to have never been sewn on a uniform.
Yes, I was referring to the actual patch, the one Zagadka linked to. I have seen pictures of the Columbia crew wearing this on their orange suits, and the design was sewn on their shirts. Does anyone have a link to the other patch that is being mentioned?
You can buy the patches from NASA’s online store, $4.50 each. The same ones are selling on Ebay now for $80+ each. Too bad people gotta take advantage of tragic events to scam other people.
It “escaped” the same way millions of pieces of paper escaped the WTC catastrophe. It is a light piece of material that was ejected by “the air pushed in front of an explosive blast” (can’t remember the technical term - shockwave, maybe?).
I think it’s the same patch, but what they mean is that besides those sewn on the flightsuits and uniforms, they carry a box of both specs-authentic and replica patches/pins meant specifically as display items/memorabilia that have “gone-to-space.”