STS-125 mission patch

• STS-125 mission patch by Moonbase_Alphan on 05 Dec, 2007 17:11
• I spotted the 125 crew patch today and thought folks might be interested.
  
• #1 by spaceshuttle on 05 Dec, 2007 17:46
• I think I have a new favorite patch!
• #2 by TJL on 05 Dec, 2007 17:52
• Thanks for posting...very plain but nice.
• #3 by NASA_Twix_JSC on 05 Dec, 2007 17:55
• Completely uninspiring, but about the 9923843943th most important part of this mission.
• #4 by wannamoonbase on 05 Dec, 2007 18:03
• I think its a nice and tasteful patch.  Looking forward to the servicing mission.   Hope they get everything done and some of the additional items too.
• #5 by Alpha Control on 05 Dec, 2007 18:08
• I wonder why they left the "SM-4" off of it?
• #6 by nathan.moeller on 05 Dec, 2007 18:10
• I liked all the previous Hubble patches better.  This one just seems kind of empty.
• #7 by ShuttleDiscovery on 05 Dec, 2007 18:31
• I was really looking forward to this patch and it looks really empty. A bit dissapointing....
  
  
  It looks quite modern though (font for crews and 125)
• #8 by Bubbinski on 05 Dec, 2007 18:52
• I like that patch a lot.  If it's done right, a simpler, more "spare" design can look very nice.
• #9 by Shadow Spork on 05 Dec, 2007 19:18
• Not as I hoped it would be, but it's good. Should have given it a bit more of a treatment, considering that this is the only non-ISS flight left in the shuttle manifest.
  
  Still, it's a good design. Could have been better though.
• #10 by ChrisGebhardt on 05 Dec, 2007 19:20
• I like this... very subtle and tasteful.
• #11 by astrobrian on 06 Dec, 2007 00:19
• it kinda has a retro look to it with the way the shuttle is on it, i like it
• #12 by Skylon on 07 Dec, 2007 03:01
• Nice and simple. I especially like how the shuttle was shown "leaving" Hubble (as the last servicing mission), and even with the shuttle departing Hubble continues to gaze into the cosmos to complete its mission...frankly I think it's my favorite of the post-Columbia patches.
  
  For whatever reason the simple "125" against the black background adds to the finality for me.
• #13 by hornet on 07 Dec, 2007 03:13
• Whats up with NASA dont they know they use the OMS not SSMEs?    
• #14 by svenge on 07 Dec, 2007 12:16
• They were watching "Armageddon" the night before they designed the patch. :bleh:
• #15 by on 08 Dec, 2007 22:10
• Is this the official patch, because if it is it is a boring patch?
• #16 by kimmern123 on 08 Dec, 2007 22:33
• I find it very appropriate and simple. It's sort of filled with symbolism and it gets your mind going more than your visual sense since it's not the most exciting patch. Anyway I find it very nice and really beautiful, especially with the shuttle leaving Hubble, with the telescope still gazing through the universe. Nice touch how Hubble's view changes to stars to clusters to galaxies.
• #17 by Zachstar on 09 Dec, 2007 18:02
• I sure hope this isn't the patch.
  
  In the past we had a slew of wonderful patches that really show the effort in art.
  
  This looks like the crew just did a driveby of Hubble and sped away  
  
  They can do better.
• #18 by on 03 Jan, 2008 21:55
• Who design the mission patches?
  
  Ive thought for some time now wouldnt it be good to let school children submit designs and the best one becomes the official mission patch. Would get kids interested about space and the shuttle program
• #19 by collectSPACE on 03 Jan, 2008 22:44
• Quote

  paulbacon - 3/1/2008  4:55 PM
  
  Who design the mission patches?

  The crew designs or chooses the elements to appear on their mission patch, with input and refinement by artists, both inside and outside of NASA.
  
  Crew patches exist because NASA decided to cease the practice of letting the crews name their spacecraft with the end of the Mercury program. In preparation for Gemini 5, the first mission to have a patch, Gordon Cooper proposed extending a military tradition of having mission-specific insignias and hence the emblems are also sometimes referred to as "Cooper patches."
  
  You can read more about the history of patches on Jacques von Oene's Spacepatches.info and Gene Dorr's Spaceflight Mission Patches. For the specific story of the first shuttle patch, see: Patchwork: The shuttle's first crew emblem.
  
  Canadian and European astronauts have organized student design competitions to design their personal patches. NASA has also held such contests for their unmanned mission insignias, such as Viking.
  
• #20 by on 03 Jan, 2008 22:55
• Cool thanks for the links. I own alot of the mission badges all nicely framed. Got all the Gemini, Mercury, Skylab, Apollo, Soyuz and more recently the Shuttle badges