STS-101 Original NASA Space Shuttle Patch

STS-101 Embroidered Patch

This patch, I believe, was manufactured by AB Emblem. It has exactly the same look, texture and thread colours as the AB Emblem version that followed for the actual STS-101 flight.

I did obtain a couple of them some years ago and they have remained packed away with a host of others until recently. I posted a photo on collectspace and it was confirmed that the astronauts/cosmonauts were a potential crew. Compare with the flown crew patch below.

Although only designed to fly autonomously for six to eight months, Zarya was required to do so for almost two years due to delays to the Russian Service Module, Zvezda. Zvezda was finally launched on July 12 2000, docking with Zarya on July 26 using the Russian Kurs docking system.

This initial patch depicts the 2 modules docked on orbit. It differs from the STS-101 patch because of this as well as the crew configuration and mission designation.

Launch Date: May 19, 2000 6:11 a.m. EDT Launch Vehicle: Atlantis Crew: Mission Commander : James D. Halsell, Jr. Pilot : Scott J Horowitz Mission Specialists : Susan J. Helms, Mary Ellen Weber, Jeffrey N. Williams, Yuri Vladimirovich Usachev, James S. Voss

Don't delay we only have a couple - when they're gone they're gone!

ISS Expedition 18 Crew Patch With Names

Embroidered version of the ISS Expedition 18 Mission Insignia

A 4" diameter embroidered version of the ISS Expedition 18 Mission Insignia will shortly be available with the participating crew member names and national flags as shown above.

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Expedition 18 crewmembers take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a group portrait. From the left (front row) are NASA astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, commander and flight engineer, respectively. From the left (back row) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus and Greg Chamitoff, all flight engineers. Chamitoff will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on the STS-124 mission, joining Expedition 17 in progress and will provide Expedition 18 with an experienced flight engineer for the first part of its increment. Fincke and Lonchakov are scheduled to launch to the station in the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in October for a six-month mission. Magnus is scheduled to join Expedition 18, replacing Chamitoff, as flight engineer after launching to the ISS on mission STS-126. Wakata is scheduled to join Expedition 18, replacing Magnus, as flight engineer after launching to the orbital complex on mission STS-119.

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ISS Expedition 20 Embroidered Crew Patch

Expedition 20 Embroidered Patch With Crew Names

A 4" diameter embroidered version of the ISS Expedition 20 Mission Insignia will shortly be available with the participating crew member names.

Expedition 20 crewmembers take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. From the left (front row) are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander; cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 19/20 commander; and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer. From the left (back row) are Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer; NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; Nicole Stott, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer; Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, 18/19/20 flight engineer.

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