Apollo 1 space mission 1967 russian sewon program sleeve patch. Soviet and russian international space mission patch collection 172 pieces, 19781997, likely the finest of its kind, all in archival display trays, identified in russian. Apollo 1, initially designated as204, was the first crewed mission of the united states apollo program, the undertaking to land the first men on the moon. For the soviets, it was the first commercial spaceflight in its history. Soyuz crews official and unofficial mission patches draw from space. These missions belong to the vostok, voskhod, and soyuz space programs. The term space patch is mostly applied to an emblem designed for a manned space mission. Cosmonaut valentina tereshkova, who 50 years ago this sunday june 16 launched aboard the soviet unions vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. The programs nature embodied ambiguous messages concerning its goals, successes, and values. Included with each patch is a detailed description of the patch, colors, and symbols.
Most sovietrussian space force patches are made using a lycra. Patches of soviet space missions nasa spaceflight forum. See retro space mission patches worn by cosmonauts these rare russian insignia are a colorful relic of soviet space travel. This is a list of the human spaceflight missions conducted by the soviet space programme. Soyuz11 soviet space mission program sleeve patch 1971 soyuz11 soviet space mission program sleeve patch 1971 size 110 x 75 mm 4. The soviet space programs use of secrecy served as both a tool to prevent the leaking of classified information between countries and also to create a mysterious barrier between the space program and the soviet populace. Is there anywhere that i can buy patches for russian missions i. List of soviet human spaceflight missions wikipedia. Soviet and russian international space mission patch. Currently, the rka has centralized control of russias civilian space program, including all manned and unmanned nonmilitary space flights. Soviet and russian mission patches glushko, alexander on. Soviet crewed space missions did not have any official patches before apollosoyuz program. See retro space mission patches worn by cosmonauts. It also offers the nations largest collection of soviet space paraphernalia everything from models of soviet spacecraft and authentic space mission patches to glowinthedarktshirts.
They have been accompanying our astronauts into space since the first brave explorers left the earth behind. Lately ive started to buy many space mission patches. These rare russian insignia are a colorful relic of soviet space travel. From teresknovas historymaking voyage in 1963 through to 2015, 250 different mission patches have been worn by soviet and russian cosmonauts. Mercury gemini apollo skylab apollosoyuz test project space shuttle others. Mir was a space station created by the ussr and operated from 1986 until 2001. Space mission insignia space exploration on sea and sky. Army, navy, spetsnaz patches, vdv patches, airborne patches, embroidered patches, rubber patches, special forces patches and other uniform patches. Like their official patch, fischer and yurchikhins unofficial patch also borrows from u. Traditionally, the patch is worn on the space suit that astronauts and cosmonauts wear when launched into space.
Covering the period from the beginning of the cold war to the installation of the international space station, this book documents a rare collection. How soviet science magazines fantasized about life in. Collecting soviet and russian space patches collectspace. A mission patch is a cloth reproduction of a spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts and other personnel affiliated with that mission. The soviet union and later, russia launched cosmonauts from many different countries to their salyut and mir space stations. Mission patches have been adopted by the crew and personnel of many other space ventures, public and private. The first space patch was flown by soviet cosmonaut valentina tereshkova on the vostok 6 mission in 1963.