With their narrow field

of view, how could knights

know who was friend and
who was enemy?

They added symbols to

their shields. The family
crests identified the
family
or group to which the
Knight belonged.

U.S. Army 1st

Aviation Brigade

U.S. Navy
Red Dragons
Helicopter Squadron

The Military call

patches insignias.
Europeans and
Canadians call
them Crests.

U.S. Air force

Thunderbirds

F-14 MSMC Tomcat

Mission Patch
1959 NASAs Original Patch
White ellipse: depicts orbital
flight
Stars: vastness of space and
frontiers of exploration.
Red vector: NASAs trajectory
and direction- headed toward stars

Extended Vector
Added in Apollo Program

NASAs New
Logo
The Worm
1975

The Meatball is Back

1992
In 1992, Administrator
Dan Goldin brought
NASA's meatball back
from retirement to
invoke memories of the
one-giant-leap-formankind glory days of
Apollo and to show that
"the magic is back at
NASA

Mercury 3 1961
Mercury 3:

This patch shows

capsule at height
of its flight path.
The three black
lines represent
flight path from
Cape Canaveral.

Mercury 6
-1962
Mercury 6:

This patch shows

Glenn orbiting over
Earths
neighborhoods.
The three circles of
mylar thread wrap
around the Earth
symbolizing Glenns 3
orbits.
Friendship 7 is sewn
in the shape of a
capsule headed for
re-entry.

Gemini 5 1965

Gemini 5:

The first mission to

have an official crew
patch
The Conestoga
wagon symbolizes
the pioneering
nature of the early
space missions.
The motto 8 Days
or Bust was left off
the crews patch
during the flight, but
was added after its
successful
completion.

Gemini 12:

The capsule points to

the XII at the top of
the patch like the
hands of a clock
positioned at 12:00.
The crescent moon
represents the
upcoming and ultimate
objective, to go to the
moon.
The color scheme of
orange and black
represents the season
in which Gemini 12
was scheduled to
launch. Originally,
Gemini 12 was
scheduled to fly at
Halloween. Due to
delays, however,
Gemini 12 did not
launch until November.

Gemini 12 1966

Apollo 8 1968
Apollo 8:

The shape represents

Apollo capsule.
The deep royal blue
background represents
deep space
The red figure eight
symbolizes Apollo
mission number 8 and
the flight path of the
capsule from the Earth
to the moon and return
to Earth.

Apollo 11:

The Eagle represents

American spirit and
name of LEM.
The Olive branch
represents peace.
Original idea was to
have it in eagles
mouth, but NASA
thought that it looked
too aggressive.
Glitch- shadow on
Earth should be at
bottom instead of left
side

Apollo 11 1969

Expedition Nine

WOW

STS 1 1981

STS 1:

Two pictures of
Columbia represent
the first STS flight and
orbital capability.

STS 7
-1983
STS 7:

The background of
deep blue symbolizes
outer space.
The 7 stars represent
mission number.
The 4 male symbols
and 1 female symbol
represent crew
members.
The RMS arm in form
of 7 represents
mission number.

STS 51 L
1986
STS 51-L:
The red apple represents
McAuliffes profession.
Comet Halley symbolizes
the Spartan-Halley study
mission objective of STS
51-L.
The payload bay doors
being opened represents
preparation of a satellite
deployment.

STS 107 :

The central element is the micro

gravity symbol, g, flowing into the
rays of the astronaut symbol.
The
sunrise represents the many
experiments that are the dawn of a
new era for micro gravity research
on the ISS and beyond.
The science conducted on this
mission will have widespread
benefits to life on Earth and our
continued exploration of space
illustrated by the Earth and stars.
The constellation Columbia (the
dove) was chosen to symbolize
peace on Earth and the Space
Shuttle Columbia.
The seven stars also represent the
crew members and honor the
original astronauts who paved the
way to make research in space

STS 107
2003

STS-114
STS-114
The seven stars inside the
Space Shuttle represent
the seven astronauts who
were on the Space Shuttle
Columbia.
The world map represents
the entire planet. Many
people worked as a team on
the Space Shuttle.
The blue band around the
patch represents the
International Space Station
goes around the Earth.
The red dot stands for the
first Japanese astronaut.

The Student is at the center

Our target is to educate our students
The goals we have for our students
Excellence
Leadership
Citizenship
Helping others
Life long learner
Respect for self and others
Adventure Education
We have an Adventure Education program that we would
be the
envy of any school shown by the wall climber.
Shape representing 6th, 7th, 8th grades
Shown on the climbing wall. The climber is passing
through the
middle school on his way to the high school (Northmen
logo).
School logo Northmen
The compass
It gives us direction and is points to the Northwest
The natural beauty of where we live and work
The lighthouse and pine tree.
Petoskey Middle School