Space Mission Patches - Gemini 7 Patch

Crew:
Frank F. Borman II
James A. Lovell, Jr.

Dates:
4-18 December 1965

Design:
Jim Lovell

Gemini 7

"Gemini 7 was to be a two-week mission with mostly medical experiments being conducted. Therefore, we wanted an insignia that would signify medicine and endurance, much like a long-distance runner... The artwork on the Gemini 7 patch was done by NASA artists."

--Jim Lovell, from All We Did Was Fly to the Moon

The Gemini 7 patch shows an Olympic torch, symbolic of the marathon-like 14-day mission. Souvenir patches include the astronaut names, but they were not present on the original design nor the patches that the astronauts wore. However, the Gemini 7 patch hung on the wall of the MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room, aka Mission Control) does include the crew names.


[ge07-aw1] NASA photo ID: S65-54129 Taken: 1 Oct 1965	[ge07-em1] A reproduction embroidered Gemini 7 patch. Just like the "real thing", this patch does not include the astronauts' names. This is a small patch - 83mm in diameter.

[ge07-em2] A Gemini 7 patch that includes the crew names. "GEMINI SEVEN" at the top is redundant, since "VII" appears in the body of the design. This actually matches the version that was hung in the MOCR. Thanks to Donnis Willis for this image.	[ge07-em3] Yet another version with crew names -- but without the mission name. Like the artwork -- but unlike the patch worn by the crew -- this one has no border. 104mm dia

The Gemini 7 patch can be seen on the right shoulder of Lovell's lightweight G5C pressure suit. The embroidered patch has a white rim. The suit technician is also wearing the patch.