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The Giant is scared of the little things.

I have this tattooed on me ribs.

NASA Faith 7. This particular mission was supposed to be second to last before proceeding from mission Mercury to Mission Gemini, which focused heavier on mans mission to the Moon. Due to the enormous success of all the Mercury missions thus far and Russia’s gusto in the space race, Astronaut Gordon Cooper’s success meant a jump to the next step in Man walking on the moon skipping the 7th Mercury planned mission.

This is the last of all the Mercury missions that NASA sent out. So it is my last patch in my redesign series. I will put them all together soon. I hope you enjoy this patch symbolizing Coopers 22 orbits around Earth.

Another in my series of NASA’s Mercury mission patches. Liberty Bell 7, or Mercury-Redstone 4, was the second manned spaceflight. Named after the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. Astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom flew into space for 15 minutes 30 seconds. During reentry, upon landing in the ocean, his escape hatch blew filling his capsule with salt water. It would eventually sink almost taking Grissom with it and would not be recovered until 38 years later from the ocean depths.

This patch symbolizes progress towards Earth orbit. We proved we could get to space and the next mission, Friendship 7, asked the question - could we orbit our planet?

NASA mission Mercury-Atlas 8. A nine hour flight dedicated to technical assessment rather than scientific experimentation. Which is why Walter M. Schirra, Jr.  chose the name Sigma 7, 7 for the original 7 astronauts which was a reoccurring theme, and Sigma which is the symbol for summation, or simply put the culmination, of the NASA space team’s efforts. The mission would be muted in response comparatively to the other Mercury missions due to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

So, another in a series of Mercury mission patches I am re-imagining. This patch took from 1960′s wallpaper. I wanted to emulate the style of the time.

Aurora 7. The fourth manned USA mission to space by NASA. In terms of scope, Astronaut Scott Carpenter completed a series of science experiments helping pave public opinion forward towards deeper space missions. During his mission Carpenter was distracted by the fireflies around his Mercury Capsule (which turned out to be ice particles reflecting off the sun) and landed 250 miles off course. He was never sent to space again because of that.

Another in the series of NASA patches I am creating. I am learning a lot about the risk these astronauts took, the danger of space travel in a time where it was a brand new concept. It’s amazing. It really is.

The third manned NASA flight was on February 20, 1962 by astronaut John Glenn. Glenn named it Friendship 7. The 7 after the first 7 astronauts in the Mercury program. He spent 4 hours 56 minutes in space and circled our planet 3 times. When he passed over cities the people below would turn their lights on so he could see where he was looking at. It was the first time the United States orbited the Earth and is considered a milestone in human history.

I like reading about space and I like to make patches for the missions. I try to model them after the time period. This patch is commemorative of the third NASA manned mission to space.

It’s Friday night and I’m at home with Adobe Illustrator reading about NASA missions. The first manned flight was by Alan Shepard. Official name Mercury-Redstone 3, he named it Freedom 7, setting a pattern for the next 6 missions. Named Mercury after the winged shoes god of travel.

Read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_3

I decided to make a fake patch. Put it on a mockup. Would be a cool real patch. What do you think?

Logo I made for my command in the Navy. Bottom photo is the original from Hawaii. Ours has a blue border instead of the Hawaii stuff and doesn’t say Hawaii.

Some more logotype stuff.

Just some graphic design stuff i’ve been working on.