It has produced mission patches for NASA since Apollo 11 — the first ... Gordon Cooper and his crewmate Pete Conrad, embroidered below. And hidden beneath some fabric sewn into the patch was ...

One of the first tasks for a new astronaut crew is designing a mission patch. Crew members discuss what shape, colors and emblems it should have to show why their mission is special. Astronauts ...

“I did it before anyone had a chance to rethink it.” Embroidered patches with personal stories have been a part of NASA’s history since 1965. But most patches don’t make it into the public ...

In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather ...