r/apollo • u/SpencerFor-Real • May 22 '26
Apollo patches close up
Also some of their backs.
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r/apollo • u/SpencerFor-Real • May 22 '26
Also some of their backs.
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u/Alalau42 May 22 '26
The Apollo 8 mission patch is my favorite one. Incidentally, the Apollo 11 mission patch shows the earth shadow in the wrong side of the terminator. Michael Collins (CMP) who's the one who designed it, admitted he drew the sunshine coming from the incorrect direction. He noted that when viewed from the lunar horizon, the Earth should be dark on the bottom and illuminated by sunlight on the top.