page_title: Mission patch
section_title: Evolution
hierarchical_section_title: Mission patch / Evolution
caption_attribution_description: English: Apollo 11 Patch Français&#160;: Emblème de la mission spatiale américaine Apollo 11, la première au cours de laquelle deux hommes ont posé le pied sur la Lune, le 21 juillet 1969. Deutsch: Missionslogo der ersten Mondlandungsmission der NASA Apollo 11. Der Adler ist abgebildet, da die Mondlandefähre den Namen Eagle (dt. Adler) trug. Hrvatski: Znak od misije Apollo 11. Orao je na njema, zato jer su se Astronauti spustili na mijesec u raketi imenom Eagel. Čeština: Znak mise Apollo 11 &amp; 11
context_page_description: A mission patch is a cloth reproduction of a spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts and other personnel affiliated with that mission. It is usually executed as an embroidered patch. The term space patch is mostly applied to an emblem designed for a manned space mission. Traditionally, the patch is worn on the space suit that astronauts and cosmonauts wear when launched into space. Mission patches have been adopted by the crew and personnel of many other space ventures, public and private.
context_section_description: Following the loss of the Apollo 1 crew in a devastating fire, embroidered patches were restricted from crew clothing. Instead, astronauts in flight wore mission patches of fire-resistant Beta cloth onto which designs were silkscreened. (Embroidered patches were still produced for ground side wear, non-flight personnel, sale to collectors and to be flown in space as souvenirs.)
caption: Apollo 11 mission insignia
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