NASA's astronaut candidates are giving new definition to "fly me to the moon" with their newly-revealed class patch. The 12 NASA spaceflight trainees — 10 from the U.S. and two from the United ...

The first NASA flight to produce a mission-specific patch worn by crew members was Gemini 5. It flew in August 1965, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad on an eight-day mission ...

In October 2022, an updated ESA astronaut patch celebrated the joining of ESA’s newest Associate Member, Slovakia. The new patch adds the Slovakian flag to a design that has evolved over the ...

The origins of mission patches date back to spaceflight's early days. In the Mercury program, astronauts named their capsules as a way to personalize the mission. During NASA's Gemini program ...

The use of AI to create a crew patch — the 170th such insignia to represent a NASA astronaut mission since 1965 — may be more ...

Astronaut Nicole Stott's "Signature Edition" patch depicts one of the Spacesuit Art Project spacesuits that she spearheaded and her two homes: Earth and the International Space Station.

The patches are designed to take advantage of an existing piece of astronaut equipment called a T-handle tool. "While we worked hard to ensure the patches are mechanically simple, most repair ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague holds a patch for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) at the end of a T-handle tool during a training exercise on May 16, 2024, in the NBL (Neutral ...