Skylab II / 3 Spirit - 5" - Tim Gagnon ORIGINAL AB Emblem - NASA SPACE PATCH

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Skylab II / 3 Spirit - 5" -
Tim Gagnon ORIGINAL AB Emblem - NASA SPACE PATCH
The second Crew earned the nickname “Supercrew” for accomplishing 150% of mission objectives. They carried spiders as part of a student experiment and the Vitruvian Man is depicted in the Skylab EVA suit. I was able to send two draft designs to Al Bean for his feedback last March. The first focused on the spiders and I was going to use the tag line, “Spidermen.” Bean said their most significant accomplishment was to erect the second Sun shield. So I went with the Supercrew motif and depicted the Sun shield over the lab in this 5" fully embroidered emblem.
Paying tribute to the three crewed missions I wanted to clear up the confusion about the mission designation numbers. The original mission patches were numbered 1,2 and 3 while the official NASA designation numbered the launches including the lab itself as 1, 2, 3 and 4. I included both. As with my Apollo Set I wanted to depict the mission patch images as realistic and design a “spirit” patch that captured the essence of each mission. I am honored that before his death Alan Bean consulted on the Skylab II/3 patches.
Tim Gagnon
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