NASA Apollo Missions: Patch Designs

O objective Strategy | Creative | Digital NASA APOLLO MISSIONS » Patch Designs With the expected launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in November, we take a look back at some of the most famous NASA Apollo missions and the famous patch designs associated with them. APOLLO АРОШО 11 Michael Collins designed the Apollo 11 mission patch with the help of his crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Breaking with tradition, they chose not to include their names to show they represented everyone who worked towards the historic mission. Collins used National Geographic magazines to find the perfect eagle for the design – with its legs outstretched, coming into land. It holds an olive branch to symbolise a peaceful landing by the United States. In the original design, the eagle held the olive branch in its beak, with its talons extended. NASA officials rejected this design because they felt the eagle looked too aggressive! APOLLO Conrad Gordo •Bean АРОЦО 12 The Apollo 12 crew designed their patch with the help of their NASA colleagues. All three crew members were United States Navy Commanders, so they chose traditional Navy colours – gold and blue. The crew asked artist Victor Craft to draw the final design of a clipper ship flying the U.S flag to the Moon. The three stars above the ship represent each crew member, with a fourth star to represent Clifton Williams, who would have flown on Apollo 12 had he not been tragically killed in a plane crash. XIII APOLLO AРОЦО 13 Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell began designing a patch with the idea of the Greek god Apollo driving his chariot across the sky, dragging the sun with it. He gave the idea to artist Lumen Winter, who came up with the three-horse design which symbolises Apollo riding across the sky towards the Moon. Lovell included the Latin words, Ex Luna Scientia – meaning "From the Moon, knowledge" to emphasise science was an important part of Apollo 13. This phrase is a parody of the U.S Naval Academy's motto, Ex trident, Scientia – “From the sea, knowledge." APOLLO 50 50th 1967 1972 50th CENTRE АРОЦО 50 For the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing in 2019, the National Space Centre designed its very own Apollo 50 mission patch. If you have any projects that require quality design work, it is important to seek the services of a professional creative design agency. Objective Creative is one of the UK's fastest growing B2B and Public Sector marketing agencies. Its award winning teams successfully deliver strategic marketing, creative design and digital projects on behalf of B2B and public sector clients. Their marketing strategists are creatively minded, and their creatives implement strategies every day. The result is a truly integrated, results focused agency. Find out more at: www.objectivecreative.com/creative O objective www.objectivecreative.com XII EX LUNA, A. SCIENTIA ·.... ....., NATIONAL