Author Topic: STS-119 Crew patch (Read 16999 times)

collectSPACE · « **on:** 07/23/2008 09:06 pm »

Here's a first look at the mission patch. Click here for a larger version.

dotdk · « **Reply #1 on:** 07/23/2008 09:23 pm »

Not one of the best IMO...

Colors seems way too light.

Shadow Spork · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/23/2008 09:34 pm »

Eh, it's alright I guess.

ShuttleDiscovery · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/23/2008 09:50 pm »

Yuk! I hate it! The ISS looks like it's made out of match sticks! The colours are way too light and there's nothing that really stands out.

However I do like the fact that the patch is shaped like an 'A' and a solar array wing at the same time, but apart from that...

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/23/2008 09:53 pm »

Let me guess at the symbolism here...

1. A-shape for the 'A-team'
2. Six stars around ISS for the now-six-member-strong crew

Honestly...not my favorite patch. Colors seem a bit washed out (who forgot the Tide?) and it has a toy shuttle zipping around a paper ISS. But if they're happy with it, okay.

Thorny · « **Reply #5 on:** 07/23/2008 10:07 pm »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 07/23/2008 09:53 pm

Let me guess at the symbolism here...

1. A-shape for the 'A-team'
2. Six stars around ISS for the now-six-member-strong crew

There's a seventh star up by the astronaut pin.

cb6785 · « **Reply #6 on:** 07/23/2008 10:15 pm »

not nearly as beautiful as the 126 patch

ShuttleDiscovery · « **Reply #7 on:** 07/23/2008 10:23 pm »

Quote from: cb6785 on 07/23/2008 10:15 pm

not nearly as beautiful as the 126 patch

Agreed!

Maybe the colours in the embroidered patch might be deeper/darker than the pale ones seen here!

TJL · « **Reply #8 on:** 07/23/2008 11:11 pm »

To go along with the "A" team motiff, I would have switched the positions of Acaba's and Swanson's name...that way each side of the "A" starts with an "A".

ChrisGebhardt · « **Reply #9 on:** 07/23/2008 11:16 pm »

Wow... BIG LET DOWN here after waiting so long for it.

Webhamster · « **Reply #10 on:** 07/24/2008 01:47 am »

Quote from: dotdk on 07/23/2008 09:23 pm

Not one of the best IMO...

Colors seems way too light.

I'm going to assume that it is actually a lot redder in reality. I think this is just a bad conversion from CMYK to RGB. I've encountered similar colour issues in the past converting vector art to bitmap.

Andrewwski · « **Reply #11 on:** 07/24/2008 02:57 am »

A little bit of Photoshop color touching can go a long way.

ChrisGebhardt · « **Reply #12 on:** 07/24/2008 03:55 am »

Quote from: Andrewwski on 07/24/2008 02:57 am

A little bit of Photoshop color touching can go a long way.

Better. Thanks for the work, but I still don't like the overall design. But that's just my opinion.

Orbiter · « **Reply #13 on:** 07/24/2008 04:56 am »

I like it, its better than the STS-125 patch, which to me seems empty and void. A lot like space if you think about it.

hanschristian · « **Reply #14 on:** 07/24/2008 05:19 pm »

Not one of the best IMO... but certainly the mission that I've been waiting for years...

finally the ISS will have the ITA complete...

ChrisGebhardt · « **Reply #15 on:** 07/24/2008 07:35 pm »

ShuttleDiscovery · « **Reply #16 on:** 07/24/2008 07:42 pm »

Quote from: Trekkie07 on 07/24/2008 07:35 pm

ITA?

I think he means ITS - Integrated Truss Segment

or maybe Integrated Truss Assembly?

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #17 on:** 07/24/2008 08:20 pm »

Quote from: Thorny on 07/23/2008 10:07 pm

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 07/23/2008 09:53 pm
Let me guess at the symbolism here...

1. A-shape for the 'A-team'
2. Six stars around ISS for the now-six-member-strong crew

There's a seventh star up by the astronaut pin.

That's #6. Four below the ISS, one near the S4 array and one above the pin.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #18 on:** 07/24/2008 08:21 pm »

Quote from: Trekkie07 on 07/24/2008 07:35 pm

ITA?

Typo. ITA should be ITS for Integrated Truss Structure.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #19 on:** 07/24/2008 09:07 pm »

Quote from: Orbiter on 07/24/2008 04:56 am

I like it, its better than the STS-125 patch, which to me seems empty and void. A lot like space if you think about it.

The STS-125 patch is one of the better ones out there, in my humble opinion.

This patch is.. er.. not up to par. It's going to be a great mission, but the patch.. just not feeling it!