Webhamster Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 The Russian space agency Roscosmos sponsored a contest for children under 14 to design a mission patch for the upcoming Soyuz TMA-14 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on March 25. Commander Gennady Padalka and his crew selected a painting by Anna Chibiskova (age 12) from Moscow as the central element for their patch. Crew:Gennady Padalka (RSA) - CommanderMichael Barratt (NASA) - Flight EngineerLaunching:Charles Simonyi (USA/Hungary) - Spaceflight Participant (will land with Soyuz TMA-13 in April 2009)Landing:Mukhtar Aymakhanov (Kazakhstan) - Flight Engineer (will launch on Soyuz TMA-16 in September 2009)Launch: March 25, 2009Landing: September 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 What are those things near the hands that look like a skull and a fried egg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 The SkullCap Nebula and the Over-Easy Galaxy... Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhamster Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 I believe they're supposed to be The Milky Way Galaxy and an asteroid. But I'll cut some slack given the designer was 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 While I also cut some slack to the 12-year-old designer, I would have imagined a view of the globe from the opposite side, showing the Bering Strait, that point where the U.S. and Russia almost touch. But, the view that was chosen is evidently just as iconic a way of showing the continents in Russia as it is in the U.S. (even if this particular version of the globe features the novel twist of the omission of Greenland and the British Isles).Regarding that part of the patch which presumably was not designed by the child: the use of the two different alphabets for the astronauts' names is interesting, if a little jarring. But, given that this is a Russian-language patch, I think it would have been more appropriate to spell all the names with the Cyrillic alphabet, as "Барратт" and "Симонйи". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhamster Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Regarding that part of the patch which presumably was not designed by the child: the use of the two different alphabets for the astronauts' names is interesting, if a little jarring. But, given that this is a Russian-language patch, I think it would have been more appropriate to spell all the names with the Cyrillic alphabet, as "Барратт" and "Симонйи".That's actually common practice. NASA did it for Russian cosmonauts who flew on the shuttle (their names were in cyrillic). The notion being that they use the alphabet of the originating crewmember.For example:The other important design element to note is that, in Russia, the mission commander is always centered on the patch (i.e. flanked by his crewmates) unlike the U.S. where the commander is always first (if you look through the Apollo patches when the U.S. flew 3 man missions you will see this consistently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlash Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 i would be a proud twelve year old if i created this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhamster Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Just thought I'd quickly revive this thread with a view of the final embroidered version the crew will wear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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