4.25 in. Embroidered mission Patch for the Crew-1 Mission, also known by NASA as USCV-1. Mission currently scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A in November 2020.
The NASA SpaceX Crew-1 (also known as simply Crew-1) mission will be the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will launch in late Oct 2020 from the Cape on SLC-39A from a Falcon 9 rocket, and will transport four members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Crew is Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins. "Building on the legacy of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle, MIR, International Space Station (ISS), and the DM-2 mission, the men and women of NASA and SpaceX have returned human space flight launches to the United States. Crew-1 marks the beginning of sustained government-commercial partnership missions to the ISS, and its Crew Dragon spacecraft is the focus of the patch. The spacecraft, composed of the capsule and trunk, is flying from the bottom left toward the upper right, representing ascent and insertion to orbital flight. The Crew Dragon is superimposed on a background of stars and completes the outline of a dragon’s head. The letter C borders the patch, which together with the number 1 in the foreground represent the mission, Crew-1. Shadows of the legacy human spaceflight launch programs are on the bottom border to honor and recognize their contributions to the Crew Dragon capsule. The outline of the ISS is also on the top border to acknowledge Crew Dragon’s destination and its contribution to maintaining a human presence in low earth orbit for the United States and our international partners. There are no individual names or flags on the border because the patch honors not just the crew members on board, but all of the countless SpaceX and NASA personnel that worked together to make a sleek and elegant Crew Dragon spacecraft. This patch design honors their vision, service, and support. We dedicate this patch to our families!
