NASA Mission Patches

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NASA Mission Patches
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Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project
Mercury was the first United States manned
program. Because it was the first , it did not
technically have an official program patch. After
the program had ended, a monument was erected at
the abandoned launch site. With the passing
years, this stylistic representation of the
Mercury 7 monument has become informally adopted
as the Mercury Program patch.
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First American in orbit. Total time weightless 4
hours 48min 27sec.
Launch  February 20, 1962 Land  February 20,
1962 Vehicle  Friendship 7 Crew Pilot  John H.
Glenn, Jr.
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The first manned flight of the two seat Gemini
spacecraft. Its mission was to evaluate the two
man spacecraft design as well as the tracking
network and recovery procedures.

• Launch March 23,1965
• Land March 23, 1965
• Vehicle Gemini Capsule
• Crew Commander
• Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
• Pilot John W. Young

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Emergency in Space. An onboard explosion during
the outbound trip aborted the lunar landing
mission. Through a herculean effort of the ground
controllers and the calm resolve of the
astronauts, the crew was safely returned to
earth.
Launch April 11, 1970 Land April 17,
1970 Vehicle Apollo Saturn V Crew
Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. CM Pilot John
L. Swigert, Jr. LM Pilot Fred W. Haise
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Launch April 16, 1972Land April 27,
1972Vehicle Apollo Saturn VCrew
Commander John W. Young CM Pilot Thomas K.
Mattingly, II LM Pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr.
Traversing the Decartes Highlands. Conducted
three EVAs totaling 20 hours 14 minutes. This was
an extensive scientific survey.
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This patch commemorates the first lunar landing
of project Apollo on July 20, 1969 in the Sea of
Tranquility by the Apollo 11 Mission.
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1981 to Present
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Your Mission is to design a Team patch for your
Robotic Exploration to Mars