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Major Blanton NASA Patch Collection

Wright State University Special Collections & Archives

Processed by Aaron Buczkowski July, 2008

Scope and Content Note

The Maj. Blanton Patch Collection contains over 280 patches. These patches are of the marrowed-edge, souvenir variety. The greater portion of the collection relates to space shuttle missions. The breadth of the mission patches runs from the beginning of the space shuttle program with Space Transport System, STS-1 in April, 1981 and ending with STS-63 in February of 1995. As well, there is the mission patch for STS-110 of April, 2002. The remaining series in the collection contain other space related patches, military patches, and a number of novelty patches, many pertaining to aircraft and Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. A finding aid is included. Series I, Space Shuttle Mission and Related Patches Series I contains 103 space shuttle mission and mission related patches. The patches span shuttle missions 1 in 1981 through 63 in 1995. Along with copies of the official mission patches, there are patches that relate to the specific experiments conducted on the given mission. The patches are organized chronologically in order of mission launch date.

Series II, Other Space Programs and NASA Projects Other than the Space Shuttle Patches Series II contains 100 patches that pertain to space technologies other than the shuttle. The series is arranged alphabetically by topic. Some of the topics included are the European Space Agency, other NASA related projects, and patches of the Soviet Union space program.

Series III, United States Military Patches Series III contains patches issued by the branches of the United States armed forces. There are 26 patches in this series. The majority of these patches were issued by the Air Force or the Navy. There is one Army issued patch in the series.

Series IV, Novelty Patches Series IV is the last series of the collection. It contains 56 novelty patches. Many of them are aircraft related. Two of the patches are comedic commentary on the Navys Tailhook scandal. As well, there are a number of patches that relate to Americas foreign engagements of the latter part of the 20th century.

Series I: Space Shuttle Mission and Related Patches

Box 1 File 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Description Mission Patch STS-1 Mission Patch STS-2 Canadarm (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System) Mission Patch STS-3 Mission Patch STS-4 Mission Patch STS-5 Mission Patch STS-6 Mission Patch STS-7 Mission Patch STS-8 (Night Launch) Mission Patch STS-8 Mission Patch STS-9 (Unofficial Patch) Mission Patch STS-9 Mission Patch STS-41-B ACES (Acoustical Containerless Experiment System) Mission Patch STS-41-C Mission Patch STS-41-D OAST-1 (Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology) Mission Patch STS-41-G Mission Patch STS-41-G (Canadian Patch) Mission Patch STS-51-A Mission Patch STS-51-C Mission Patch STS-51-D Date 1981 1981 1981 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1985 1985

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

Mission Patch STS-51-D (Walker and Garn Not Listed) Mission Patch STS-51-D (Senator Jake Garn) Mission Patch STS-51-B Spacelab 3 Microgravity Spacelab 3 ATMOS Mission Patch STS-51-G Mission Patch STS-51-G (French CNES) Mission Patch STS-51-G (Same Style as STS-51-D, Error?) Mission Patch STS-51-F Spacelab 2 Mission Patch STS-51-I Mission Patch STS-51-J Mission Patch STS-61-A Mission Patch STS-61-A Science Astronaut ESA/NASA Spacelab Erste Deutsche Spacelab Mission (First German) Mission Patch STS-61-B Mission Patch STS-61-C NASA Hitchhiker Mission Patch STS-51-L Challenger Memorial Teacher in Space Mission Patch STS-61-E (Canceled) Mission Patch STS-26 Mission Patch STS-27

1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1988 1988

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72

Mission Patch STS-29 Mission Patch STS-30 JPL-NASA Magellan Mission Mission Patch STS-28 Mission Patch STS-34 Mission Patch STS-33 Mission Patch STS-32 Mission Patch STS-36 Mission Patch STS-31 Mission Patch STS-41 Mission Patch STS-38 Mission Patch STS-35 ASTRO 1 Mission Patch STS-37 Mission Patch STS-39 Mission Patch STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences 1 Mission Patch STS-43 Mission Patch STS-48 Mission Patch STS-44 Mission Patch STS-42 International Microgravity Laboratory Mission Patch STS-45 Mission Patch STS-49 Mission Patch STS-50

1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992

73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

Mission Patch STS-56 Mission Patch STS-47 Spacelab J Mission Patch STS-52 Mission Patch STS-53 Mission Patch STS-54 Mission Patch STS-56 Mission Patch STS-55 German D-2 Atomic Oxygen Exposure Tray Mission Patch STS-57 European Retrievable Carrier Mission Patch STS-51 Mission Patch STS-58 Spacelab Life Sciences 2 Mission Patch STS-61 1st Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission Mission Patch STS-60 Mission Patch STS-62 OAST-2 Mission Patch STS-59 Mission Patch STS-65 International Microgravity Lab 2 Mission Patch STS-64 Mission Patch STS-68 Mission Patch STS-63

1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1995

98 99 100 101 102 103

Mission Patch STS-110 Space Shuttle Space Shuttle SPC Team Shuttle Carriers of America DFRC JSC Gulfstream Shuttle Trainer Shuttle Chase Team

2002 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

Series II: Other Space Programs and NASA Projects Other than the Space Shuttle Patches
Box File Description Canadian 104 Canadian Astronaut Program Department of Defense Strategic Defense Initiative Patches 105 106 107 108 109 Pegasus-Lightsat-Microsat Defense Support Program Department of Defense Strategic Defense Initiative SPAS III BSTS A Posse Ad Esse European Space Agency Patches 110 111 112 113 114 115 Ariane Rocket Earthnet Eureca Spacelab Space Telescope Project Olympus 1 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. Date

Government 116 Joint Planning Staff for Space Patch NASA Aircraft Patches 117 118 119 120 XV-15 X-29 A X-30 National Aero-Space Plane NASA Commemorative Patches 121 122 123 124 Friendship 7 Apollo 1 Apollo-Soyuz Astronauts Killed in Action NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 125 126 127 128 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Ames Research Center NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, SRV NASA Dryden-Langley, DAST n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

128A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Digital Electronic Engine Control NASA General Patches 129 130 131 132 25th Anniversary Endeavour 105 Shuttle Crew Escape Team Member Space Camp

1983 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

132A Space Exploration Team NASA Kennedy Space Center

133 134 135 136 137

Launch Processing System (LPS-19) Manned Space Flight Engineer Mission Control (With Rocket) Mission Control (Without Rocket) National Space Technology Lab NASA Missions

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

138 139 140 141

List of All NASA Missions Mars Probe Viking Voyager NASA Programs

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152

Access Ease/Access Mission Freedom Space Station GPS NAVSTAR HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) Mission Adaptive Wing Oblique Wing Small Self-Contained Payloads W-80 Winglets

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

152A Simulations and Compatibility Test Branch 152B TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System) NASA-Vandenberg Air Force Base

153 154 155 156 157 158 159

California Astronautics and Space Administration Discovery Launch Site S-Cargo Ops Space Shuttle Vandenberg AFB Van D. Berg Space Mechanic Vandenberg Pad Operations Western Shuttle Spaceport Rockets/Missiles

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168

Atlas ASAT British Aerospace HOTOL Delta II Hermes IUS (Internal Upper Stage) Martin Marietta Small ICBM (Midgetman Missile) Orbital Sciences Corporation PAM D II

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

168A Pegasus 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 MM-CDB/PCK You Can Run-Youll Only Die Tired Missile Experimental (Peacekeeper) Missile Experimental Guidance and Control (Peacekeeper) Missile Experimental Test Team (Peacekeeper) Peacekeeper Flight X Peacekeeper Flight XII Peacekeeper Flight XIII

176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188

Peacekeeper Flight XIV Peacekeeper Flight XV Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Peacekeeper System ICBM Peacekeeper Vandenberg AFB Shuttle Centaur STS-IV Flow A Go for Stack Titan 34D Titan 34D D2 Titan IV Assured Access to Space Titan IV-4 An Excellent Adventure 65-55 ASTG Titan IV-5 Eve First Launch Western Test Range Titan IV-8 Vroom-Hilda Western Test Range Soviet Space Program

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196

Buran Program Confederation of Independent States Flag Cosmonaut International Cosmonaut Intercosmos Salyut Space Station Space Station MIR SARSAT Sputnik Commemorative

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

196A Soviet Union Flag 196B Soviet/French Soyuz T6 Mission 196C Glavkosmos Design Bureau

Series III: United States Military Patches

Box File Description United States Air Force 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 2nd Satellite Control Squadron 451 FTS (Fighter Training Squadron) 6595th Aerospace Test Wing 6595th Missile Test Group (Subdued) Aerospace Defense Command Operation Arc Light Space Command Space Command (Subdued) Space and Missile Test Center Tactical Air Command (Subdued) Thunderbirds (One Plane Inside Star) Thunderbirds (Five Planes Inside Star) USAF Independence SRB Retrieval Vandenberg Launch & Landing Site Western Space and Missile Center (Subdued) United States Army 212 United States Army in Vietnam United States Navy 213 214 BB-61 USS Iowa BB-62 USS New Jersey n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. Date

215 216 217 218

BB-63 USS Missouri CV-61 USS Ranger CVN-68 USS Nimitz FF-1074 USS Harold E. Holt Operation Desert Shield United Nations Joint Services Blue Angels Fighter Weapons School Pacific Missile Test Center SOOS III SOOS 4 for 4 Navy Navigation Satellite

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

219 220 221 222 223

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

Series IV: Novelty Patches

Box File Description Aircraft/ Air Show 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 A-6 Intruder A-10 AC-130 Gunship Spectre AC-130 H Gunship Spectre (AC-130 Gunship) Spectre Patience My Ass Im Gonna Kill Something AH-1 Cobra B-1 B-1 Flight Test Swing Wing Crow B-1 B (SAC Shield Inset in Color) B-1 B (Silver Border) C-17 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. Date

235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258

F-4 Phantom (F-4) Phantom Phanatics F-5 F-14 (F-14) Anytime, Baby! (F-14) Tomcat F-15 ASAT Combined Test Force (F-15) Eagle Driver (F-15) Eagle Keeper F-15 Strike Eagle F-16 F-16 AFTI (Grey Livery) F-16 AFTI (Thunderbirds Livery) F/A-18 Hornet Handler F-104 Starfighter F-117 Stealth Grimreapers F-117 A Desert Storm First Strike SR-71 3+ (Diamond Shaped Patch) SR-71 Black Bird 3+ (With Skunk Works Logo) SR-71 HABU U-2 Flight Test Air Force Museum B-17 Air Force Museum P-40 Confederate Air Force Ghost Squadron

n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

258A Confederate Air Force Blood Chit

259 260

NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) Wing Omni Gang T-6 Aerobatics Comet

n.d. n.d.

261

Comet Halley Coming to a Sky Near You!! Desert Shield

1986

262

Desert Shield 90-91 (Green Border)

19901991 1990 n.d. n.d. 1990

263 264 265 266

Imminent Thunder 1990 (Marine Corps) Operation Desert Shield (Brown Border) Operation Desert Shield U.S. Armed Forces Operation Desert Shield U.S. Marine Corps 1990 Desert Storm

267 268 269 270 271

Desert Storm 1991 (Orange Border) Gulf of Sidra Yacht Club Operation Desert Storm Victory Persian Excursion Operation Desert Storm Persian Gulf War Grenada

1991 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

272 273

Grenada (With marine Corps & 82nd Airborne Logos) Grenada: Operation Urgent Fury Participant Navy

n.d. n.d.

274 275 276

I Survived the Tailhook 91 Witch Hunt NIS Olympics Tailhook 93 Top Gun Panama

1991 1993 n.d.

277

Just Cuz You Pissed U.S. OffThe EF-111 Over Panama Unknown

n.d.

278

Trolls XX (Incredible Hulk) Vietnam

n.d.

279

Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club

n.d.