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The Art of NASA: Brilliant Mission Patches
NASA's mission patches range from sleek and futuristic to florid, whimsical, beautiful, and downright homey. They serve as emblems of each unique adventure -- personalized tokens of the human drive to confront and understand the unknown. See the full gallery at Life.com.
- Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970 An explosion on board scrubbed the original mission to the moon, but astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert, incredibly, still made it safely back to Earth. The Latin phrase on the patch, Ex Luna, Scientia, translates as From the Moon, Knowledge.read moreNASAShare
- STS-133, Discovery, February 24-March 9 The Final mission of space shuttle Discovery. For more great NASA patches, see the full gallery at Life.com.read moreNASAShare
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The Art of NASA: Brilliant Mission Patches
NASA's mission patches range from sleek and futuristic to florid, whimsical, beautiful, and downright homey. They serve as emblems of each unique adventure -- personalized tokens of the human drive to confront and understand the unknown. See the full gallery at Life.com.
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