Mercury 6 Commemorative Mission Patch
Mercury 6 Commemorative Mission Patch
This Mercury patch was produced by the American company A-B Emblem to commemorate the flight of Mercury 6 - John Glenn's historic spaceflight, becoming the first American to orbit Earth.The patch is a design created by A-B Emblem after the mission and is not an official mission patch. Mission patches only began to be designed and worn by American astronauts for spaceflight from Gemini 5 onwards. Although Glenn did not design this patch, he did name his spacecraft Friendship 7, continuing the Mercury naming convention of including the number 7.
As collecting mission patches became popular, companies like A-B Emblem retrospectively produced versions for early spaceflights like Mercury 6. A-B Emblem began work with NASA in the 1960s, before signing an exclusive contract to produce official patches for spaceflight missions in 1970. This particular patch was made in the 1970s.
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Object number
2021-4
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Material
Cotton
Object Production Date
1970s
Object Production Organisation
A-B Emblem
Object Production Place
North Carolina
Weaverville
United States
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