"Mission Patches"


After learning about NASA's tradition of Mission Patches, create a patch with one of the following in mind: The Rocket Boys, the BCMA, our own October Sky Class, or your creative interpretation of a design connected to rocketry. Make sure and add an explanation telling what the patch represents.

Student Creations:
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By Parker
I created this mission patch because I wanted to share how succsessful the rockets were. The patch shows a rocket sucsessfully taking off from the pad on a bright day.
By Lisa, Kellyn & Magena
This patch was handmade by glitter glue, fabric and puff paint. The Super Girl symbol stands for power, because you must have strength and perseverance to build rockets. The R & G stand for Rocket Girls, because WE are the Rocket Girls! And of course, the rocket stands for itself, because we built the rockets. You don't see the shooting star on the backside of the patch, but it stands for glory; thats how rockets make us feel--honored, proud, and full of glory!  
By Kyle & Matt
We found a cool space background, and inserted a rocket on it. Our final product seemed awesome, so we left it as is!

By Matt & Kyle
Kyle and Matt made this patch because we thought that it would be cool. We found a picture off of "Google" with a rocket with a space background. Then we added in word art writing. We were satisfied with our final product of this one.

By Lisa
The word AUK stands for the rocket names of the Rocket Boys. The Auk II rocket is one of the rockets that was launched second. The lollypop stands for the rocket candy that was used for the fuel of AUK II. The cloud stands for the sky. This patch was hand drawn. 

By Alex

My patch is W.C.R.A., which stands for Willow Creek Rocket Association. The image is the rocket "W.C. AUK" flying over the stars and Earth while landing on the moon. This patch represents freedom and the ability to explore space. The rocket flying in space is old fashioned and the arc of smoke stands for defending this country of ours. The stars stand for the 50 states of the U.S.A. Coalwood, West Virginia is the place where the rocket is being launched. My patch is my own creative interpretation of a design connected to rocketry.

By Colin
Image From: wernher vonbraun.wikiverse.org
On my mission patch, I put Dr. Werner von Braun behind the text. Dr. Braun was a German rocket scientist, and he is mentioned multiple times in the book October Sky. I liked how I put a long name, Dr. Werner von Braun's Society of Rocket Testing, because it really sounded official. I put a picture of a rocket because, well, it's kind of obvious, isn't it?

By Laura
The reason I made this mission patch was because I wanted to express how you should be bright, so I used bright colors around the edge of the word Auk. I used the word Auk because the rockets of the Rocket Boys were called Auks. I used the form of a star because I wanted to show how being creative is fun and making a mission patch a different shape was lots of fun!  
~Laura

By Sami & Anne
Anne and Sami made their patch to symbolize the BCMA (Big Creek Missile Agency).  The earth is showing where the rocket was launched, and the blackness symbolizes space.  Sami and Anne put BCMA on their patch because it made it easy to tell that the patch was for the BCMA group. 

Amanda
Be creative, give and share.
Be creative, live and care.
Live your dreams
Though they might scream (rockets)
Fly, fly,
Touch the sky,
I hope to see you there.
~Laura and Amanda

Anne
I created my patch to resemble what the Rocket Boys wanted to see when they launched their rockets.  They might not have wanted to see the rocket going in a horizontal line, but it gives a good generalization of what they wanted to see.  The black background represents the solar system and space, and the word, Auk, stands for the name the Rocket Boys named their rockets.  An auk was a flightless bird that has long been extinct, and the Rocket Boys named their rockets Auks because they did not think that their rockets would fly.

Kellyn
My patch represents an imaginary club called the Shooting Stars.  The stars on the patch are sort of like the emblem of the club and are bright and "wish-full" just like the girls. There is a pink bow in a corner recognizing the all female members.
 
The Shooting Stars Cheer
 
Shooting Stars will soar all night,
They will always fight, fight, fight!
Why do we send rockets to the sky,
Because we have dreams for our dreams to fly.
 

Izaak
On my patch, the W.C.M.A abbreviation means Willow Creek Missile Agency. I got this idea from the B.C.M.A in October Sky, where the only difference is the B and W. (B is big) The small creek in the center is meant to be the Willow Creek from the park in my neighborhood. The rocket at the bottom is a rocket that maybe I would make. It would be called an AWK insteak of an AUK because of two reasons. One, I figured that the name AUK would be copyrighted with the book, and two because it will be a big surprise if it ever gets off the ground. (thus the burning patch of grass) All in all, I think my patch is good, and I hope anyone else who sees this will consider it both funny and good!

Samara

The reason my mission patch about Saturn is because Saturn is my favorite planet. My mission patch is star shaped because I think that we should try new things, so instead of a circle, I made mine a star. I also put stars on my star- shaped mission patch because I had a sort of theme going and stars are in space, so I thought, "why not?" This patch represents trying new things and, of course, Saturn.

Alex 2

This patch is for the Rocket Boys and it is a very special patch. The big star stands for the capitol of the U.S.A.  and the gold stands for possession of riches and knowledge. The rocket stands for the Rocket Boys in the book "October Sky", a memoir of Homer Hickam Junior's life. The rocket is also very original and not fancy like the new rockets we have today. The outline in white stands for human rights and having the right to think differently.
Austin
This patch represents mankind trying to get to the moon. I did it this way because I was basing my thoughts on what was happening in the 1960's.

By Kyle
I made this patch to advertise for the WCMA. It is a missile agency like the BCMA. I wrote a catchy phrase of "Will You Join" on the alien like background. It turned out great.--

Hannah
(This patch was created with cross-stitch)
My mission patch represents the BIG CREEK MISSILE AGENCY. That is what the BCMA stands for. It has a rocket labeled AUK because that is what the Rocket Boys named their rockets. I got the idea for the flame through the letters from the Apollo patch. The BCMA is in green because green is one of the schools colors (the other color is white). So I tried to have as much meaning as possible behind the patch.
 
Lucas
This patch is for the Titan Rocket Association. The rocket you see is a Titan rocket flying to put a satellite in orbit. The satellite seen on the patch represents a reconnaissance satellite that the Titan rocket transported into orbit as recently as 2003. Also the Titan rockets were used as part of America's strategic nuclear defense during the cold war.Titans were intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver nuclear warheads to the Soviet Union.

VIEWER COMMENTS:
WOW! Great Patches! I like the creativity & uniqueness of each one of them. The explanations are a great addition so people can understand what they really mean!

Posted: Thu - March 17, 2005 at 12:47 PM          

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