NASA Apollo 11 Beta Cloth Insignia Production Print
NASA Apollo 11 Beta Cloth Insignia Production Print
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Item #291
These patches were printed in 1969 for the Apollo 11 mission.
After the tragic Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed 3 astronauts, NASA decided to work on removing all flammable materials from the spacecraft cabin. A new material was designed for use as the outer layer of space suits made of teflon-coated fiberglass. This cloth was called Beta cloth and is still widely used for space suits and missions to this day.
By Apollo 7 even the embroidered patches, insignias, and name tags were replaced with screen printed Beta cloth patches.
These patches were production prints and/or test runs to align the screen printing layers. If you look closely, you can see some of the colors are misaligned. They were obtained from the company that manufactured the special inks used in this process. These patches would have been stitched onto the astronaut's suits and coveralls as shown in the image.
Dimensions: 4" x 4"
Very limited supply
Comes in a 5" x 5" acrylic display
- Acrylic Display
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Individually Numbered
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Seller went above and beyond to help correct a shipping mistake (and most importantly got me the vintage patch in time!). Little info card gives much-needed context for this really cool item and picture frame helps keep it safe. In great condition. Gift was a hit! Thank you!
I’ve never been disappointed with any of my purchases here and that includes my Apollo 11 beta cloth. It came in exactly the way it’s portrayed on there online shop.
Great unique historic item with super fast shipping. Great!
Amazing to have such a piece of history came in amazing condition with display
Talking about a surprise... a piece of space history... very beautifully presented in an acrylic block and very... very carefully packaged... the moment you open the red 'rare scientific artifact' box... you have the feeling that as an employee of the British museum you are going to unpack a 5000 year old artefact...well done...very happy with my purchase from STEMCELL SCIENCE SHOP (points 11/10)
Sarah gave this item 5 stars
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