Gemini 9 Mission Patch
Gemini 9 Mission Patch
This Gemini 9 mission patch was designed to commemorate Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan's spaceflight mission in 1966. The original crew for the flight, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, had tragically died in a plane crash earlier that year - with Stafford and Cernan stepping in from their roles as backup crew.The design of the patch depicts a Gemini vehicle docked to an Agena Target Vehicle, with an astronaut attached to the spacecraft with a tether that is forming the number 9. Cernan carried out the actually spacewalk on the mission.
This particular patch was part of a collection of patches acquired by British-born professor of endocrine and metabolic surgery Anthony Goode, during his years working with NASA’s Life Sciences Division.
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Object number
2024-10
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Dimension - Dimension, Value, Measurement unit
Width: 7.6cm
Height: 5.0cm
Material
Cotton
Associated Organisation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Associated Person
Anthony Goode
On Display Status
Not on display
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