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APOLLO 11 MISSION PATCH (circa 1969)
DISCUSSION
The eagle bearing Apollo 11 patch is, of course, the most famous of all
space mission patches. Several, besides the Apollo 11 crew of Armstrong,
Aldrin and Collins, contributed to its creation. The back-up to Neil
Armstrong, Jim Lovell, suggested a bald eagle as the symbol of America.
Collins sketched the initial version of the eagle on the patch adding the
Earth overhead. Though the appearance of the scene was edifying, several
errors existed in the astronomy. The sunshine came from the wrong direction
so that the terminator line was vertical with respect to the lunar scene
instead of horizontal. A simulator instructor name Tom Wilson suggested
the eagle carry an olive branch as a message of the peaceful nature of the
mission.
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