EMBLEMS OF SPACE
This is an archive of emblems that I design as an ongoing personal project.
 
Embroidered patches for space missions have been around since the early days of human spaceflight. They serve as a symbol of human curiosity, innovation and as a way to honor these ambitious projects.


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Patricia Klein

Extraterrestrial Materials Simulation Laboratory [EMSiL]
Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor [EELS] 
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory [LIGO]
Double Asteroid Redirection Test [DART]
New Worlds Mission
Interstellar Parallax Experiment
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments [ACME]
European Robotic Arm
Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite [Sentinel-6A]
In Situ Resource Utilization [ISRU]
Mars 2020
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Anthropomorphic Test Device [ATD]
Discovery Program
Lucy
Characterising Exoplanet Satellite [CHEOPS]
X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission [XMM-Newton]
Starshade
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission [MMS]
Astrobee
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer [JUICE]
Gaia
Active Response Gravity Offload System [ARGOS]
Spitzer Space Telescope
Planck
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope  [JWST]
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna [LISA]
LightSail 2
Dragonfly
Mars Helicopter Scout / Ingenuity
Chandra X-ray Observatory [CXO]
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite [TESS]
Extraplanetary Hydroponic Farming
Kepler Space Telescope
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When exploring other planets with space telescopes there’s often too much light in the way. So how do you block light from other stars?

NASA and JPL are developing giant shades to fly in formation with telescopes, giving them a clearer view at distant exoplanets. The designs all have in common that they are based on origami folding techniques. The starshades would be launched in a folded state and only fully deployed once they’re in space. That way they can reach tens of meters in diameter but still be small enough to fit into a rocket.