Original embroidered patch for the SpaceX CRS-8 mission, a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was launched on April 8, 2016, from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The patch measures 4.25" x 3.75" and shows the CRS-8 SpaceX Dragon making its way to the ISS, with the Earth visible below. The border, which features a small four-leaf clover, reads: "CRS-8, 0056, SpaceX." The number on the patch ("0056") indicates the seniority of the employee to whom it was issued: the lower the number, the more senior the employee. Low numbered patches are extremely hard to find. In very fine condition.
SpaceX CRS-8 was the 23rd flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, the tenth flight of a Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the eighth operational mission contracted to SpaceX by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services program. After boosting the payload on its orbital trajectory, the rocket's first stage re-entered the denser layers of the atmosphere and landed vertically on the ocean landing platform Of Course I Still Love You nine minutes after liftoff, achieving a long-sought-after milestone in SpaceX reusable launch system development program.
