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Space Exploration Mission Patches

Created by Chopshopstore

An embroidered patch set celebrating five robotic space missions, including Apollo, Voyager, Cassini, shown here. Coming soon are also Mars Rovers, Sputnik, Vostok… and potentially even more.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

BackerKit Surveys Are Incoming!
11 months ago – Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 08:13:24 AM

Quick heads-up — BackerKit surveys are about to roll out. Keep an eye on your inbox for a link from me. Once it arrives, you’ll be able to confirm your embroidered patch selections, velcro upgrades, your shipping info, and grab any add-ons you missed during the campaign.

You won’t need a BackerKit account — just click the link in your email and you’re in. The sooner you fill it out, the sooner I can lock in counts and be ready when they arrive in our warehouse.

You can come back and edit your survey anytime before I close things out (which you will also get a warning on), so nothing is permanent until then.

If you ever need to find your survey again, you can use the link in your email or hit “Lost your survey?” on the BackerKit project page: https://historic-robotic-spacecraft-patch-set.backerkit.com

If you originally backed using Facebook, BackerKit will send your survey to the email tied to that account. If you want it sent somewhere else, reach out to BackerKit support here: https://historic-robotic-spacecraft-patch-set.backerkit.com/faq

Thanks again for helping get this patch series produced — it was about time we expanded our tiny line of embroidered patches.

— Thomas of Chop Shop Studio

Here is the Last Minute Mars Exploration Rovers Design
11 months ago – Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 12:46:31 PM

So normally for these I have AI render my drawings as embroidered patches. Just for a mock up. It has done a pretty great job on them until now.

So I am just posting my design with simplified lines for embroidery. Even this render may have too much detail. I am concerned about how they will pull off the parachute lines. on the middle circle.



It is already added to the campaign. You will be able to add this patch to your pledge with the surveys. We have already started to compile those. So we will get this out sooner than we have in the past. We want these shipping out to you by Dec 10. 

Our Next Project: Deck of Sol 

We’re deep into design on our next crowdfunding project—a full deck of cards themed around the solar system. The number cards are already 90% complete, and now we’re moving on to the face cards and the Aces. We’ve reimagined the suits to match the theme (see below 👇), and unlike many novelty decks, we’re designing every single card, not just the face cards. 



In the meantime please answer our poll. Should the cards have a traditional background or on black? while you are there, please follow the campaign so you can be notified when it goes live.  

Funded: Mars Exploration Featuring Spirit and Oppy!
11 months ago – Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 06:53:32 PM

1 HOUR TO GO!

Last minute goal! Only an hour left and we funded a tenth patch design!



Still working on the design. Hard to translate the poster to a patch.

Join before the end and save 25% off the coming retail price change. These will be $8 each whereas now you can get them for only $5.95!

Also please answer our poll for a new poster series in 2026!

Please Help: We Have a New Poll
11 months ago – Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 06:20:06 AM

Trying to plan a new series of prints for next year. Ideas include:

  • A more graphic/elegant reboot of the Spacecraft Series
  • Add more en-route missions to the existing series (Lucy, Europa Clipper, etc)
  • New series for missions funded but not yet built/launched
  • Future hypothetical missions currently being considered by various agencies
  • A series focused on the planets and moons (with missions as secondary)
  • Non-illustration. Photo based design using images from past missions
 
Here’s an early example of a reboot. This design actually dates all the way back to 2008—years before I launched the Robotic Spacecraft poster series in 2014. Even then, I had this idea in my head that it could become a full set—three to five in the same visual style. 



Maybe this is the beginning of one of these new series? Maybe the reboot, or maybe the planet-themed variation? Either way, it feels like it could a good fit for one of these options.  

Patch #9 is Funded for Viking!
11 months ago – Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 07:49:45 AM

We now have NINE patches funded.


We’ve gone and added a pledge level for the Viking patch and it’s also now available in the add-ons section of the campaign platform. So if you want to build your own full mission set—or just make sure Viking, ISS, and the Shuttle are all in the mix. 

Here is the full set with Viking added:


MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS featuring Spirit and Opportunity are next! 

Although, we may only feature one in the art. We are working on it.

Please POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA if you like what we are doing. We are most active on BlueSky. See what is up there. Lots of scientists and creatives call it home.