Where can you get these fancy patches?
eBay
Web: www.ebay.com
Ebay is one of the best places to look for space-related patches and find fellow collectors. Takes some experience to filter out the bad deals, but every now and then you'll find a patch that makes your heart jump. Only disadvantage: prices go up really fast if more people are interested.
AB Emblem
P.O.Box 695
Weaverville, NC 28787
Phone: (800) 438.4285
Fax: (800) 355.3581
Web: www.abemblem.com
Email: info@abemblem.com
Used to make wonderful space patches, but are importing some lesser quality from Taiwan nowadays. Since AB Emblem sold thousands of them at the NASA-Souvenir shops, best place to look for cheap, time-original AB Emblem patches is eBay.
Space Country Souvenirs
1126 West Ocean Avenue
Lompoc, CA 93436
Phone: (805)735-1322
Fax: (805)737-4472
Small shop in Lompoc packed with Shuttle patches. Producing patches mainly for the Vandenberg area. Also has some good JSC-Aviation patches.
Cargo Bay Emblems
3745 Carolina Road
Suffolk, VA 23434
Web: www.cargobayemblems.com
Email: cargobayemblems@mail.com
Run by Mary Wagner. Has some pretty rare ones.
Stewart Aviation
P.O. Box 7
Market Harborough
Leicestershire, LE168XL, United Kingdom
Phone: (+) 01536-770962
Fax: (+) 01536-770180
Web: www.stewart-aviation.co.uk
Email: mail@www.stewart-aviation.co.uk
Just ask them for a catalogue. They have some very nice Shuttle Program-related patches, as well as a huge collection of Russian designs. They also do a Mission Specialist nametag.
Countdown Creations
Suite #180-191
2323 Clear Lake City Blvd
Houston, TX 77062-8032
Phone: 800-388-3079 / 281-461-8513
Fax: (281) 461-6323
Web: www.countdown-creations.com
Houston-based Countdown-Creations is the place where JSC-employees and astronauts go for their patches and apparel. They sell some patches, but the most interesting ones go with a t-shirt, with a minimum order of 6 pieces. They have two types of NASA-astronaut wings, that go with your own name.
Space Age Collectibles
14494 Neptune Road
Seminole, Florida 33776
Phone: 800-800-2001 / 813-595-0788
Fax: 813-596-1345
Web: www.spaceage-collectibles.com/
Email: info@spaceage-collectibles.com
They have most of the "standard" patches, includes some older ones that are harder to find.
The Space Store
1400 NASA Road One Suite E
Houston, Texas 77058
Phone: (281) 333 4030
Fax: (281) 333 3880
Web: www.thespacestore.com
Email: SalesInfo@thespacestore.com
Lunar Legacies
www.lunarlegacies.com
Donnis Willis has an impressive collection of space memorabilia and sometimes has some great patches too.
Alex Panchenko
P.O.Box 5069
West Hills, CA 91308 USA
Phone: (818) 999 1134
Web: http://www.ussr-airspace.com
Email: apanchenko@earthlink.net
Alex has some extremely rare, original Russian spacepatches!
Spaceland Enterprises
P.O. Box 540775
Merritt Island, FL 32954
They still have some of the older patches.
Nasa Dryden Exchange Council Gift Shop
ISF Visitor Center
P.O. Box 86
Bldg 4825
Edwards, CA 93523-0086
The Dryden Gift Shop has some good Edwards / Shuttle Landing patches.
Latest reports are that this shop has been closed - no visitors are allowed at Edwards since the September 11 attacks.
Isabella International
8N. Main St., Ste. 133
West Hartford, CT 06107
Email: russmil@sprintmail.com
They go on trips to Russia every now and then and bring back some good Russian patches.
Space Coast Cover Service
1190 Montego Bay Drive
Merritt Island, FL 32953
Run by Ken Havekotte. Produced some of the finest KSC-patches, such as the Dog Crew patches and the White Room Close-Out Crew.
Kennedy Space Center Fire Department
Lee R. Starrick
1575 Ol Dixie Hwy.
Titusville, FL 32796
Lee Starrick works at the Kennedy Space Center Fire Department. If you are looking for a KSC-FD patch, he is your man.