Goddard Flight Patch

The Goddard Flight Patch

Launch date: May 20th 2011

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The Goddard Flight Patch honors the man for whom the flight is named.  The triangular shape pays homage to Robert H. Goddard’s design of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket launched on March 16, 1926.  From there the patch expands to show the vast opportunities his vision has led us. From the Earthrise Mission launch point of Spaceport America, on past the Earth’s horizon and into the starry heavens.

New Frontiers Flight Patch

New Frontiers Flight Patch
Scheduled Launch Date: Fall 2011
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The New Frontier Flight patch begins with a star burst launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  The spirit of Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper and his realization of space travel (represented by the astronaut symbol) are carried to the heavens on the wings of SpaceX’s Falcon 9.  The Mercury and Gemini symbols represent Cooper’s past missions and the 9 stars represent the 9 engines of the Falcon rocket that will take us to the future.