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[edit] Coast Guard Astronauts

Can anyone provide info on the Astronaut Badge which is issued in the Coast Guard? I thought it was the same as the Navy, but have recently been advised that the USCG might have thier own version. Also I have heard rumors of a Coast Guard Flight Officer Astronaut Badge. Can anyone clear this up? Husnock 30 Sep 04

[edit] Image Question

I’m afraid I have to raise some questions about this new image. While it is a good image, it looks very much like someone took the original Astronaut Wings picture, which was created by the National Personnel Records Center, and “tacked on” the FAA image. I don’t know the rules about that, which is why I’m asking. NPRC certainly did not create or modify this new image, yet it has the US Government approved tag on it.

Second, the new image causes a spacing problem in that it spills over onto the margins of the article. In my view, the original Astronaut Wings should be restored and the FAA image made into a separate picture, later in the article. That will solve the spacing problem and prevent a copyright question about modifying (without permission) the image which was created by NPRC.

The floor is open to discussion. Thanks! Husnock – 6 Oct 2004

[edit] Missing Image

An anon IP user put an image of the astrnaut pin on the badge, but it is not visable except when running the "Preview" on the edit page. When saving the article, the image is listed as missing. Is this happening on other people's machines? -Husnock 16Feb05

[edit] Navy Astronaut (NFO) wings

Two things: First there is an ommission in that the Navy has two sets of wings for Naval Astronauts (one for pilots and one for Naval Flight Officers (NFO's) that become astronauts). Each is identical to the non-astronaut aviator and NFO wings, with the addition of the swoosh and star on the crest. More info on the history of navy wings can be found here: Evolution of Naval Wings (this might make a good external link as well)

Secondly, the wings depicted as Coast Guard astronaut wings appear to be Navy NFO astronaut wings.

Two answers: The Naval Flight Officer Astronaut Badge is covered under the article for Naval Flight Officer Badge (linked in this article). The Coast Guard Astronaut Badge picture is the correct badge. The pic has been verified from Coast Guard uniform regulations. It does look like an NFO badge, but its not. Its just how the Coast Guard does it. The Coast Guard NFO Badge is actually obsolete (as far as I know) with no Coast Guard NFO Astronuat equivalent. -Husnock 17:34, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Aerodynamic flight"?

Only ten pilots have qualified for the Astronaut Badge by flying an airplane into space: eight from the U.S. Air Force/NASA X-15 program, plus Brian Binnie and Mike Melvill from the Scaled Composites Tier One project. All other persons have been awarded the Astronaut Badge by traveling into space on rocket boosters, rather than in aerodynamic flight.

Eh? SpaceShipOne doesn’t reach space in aerodynamic flight. --Ahruman 12:48, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Read the SpaceShipOne article Ahruman....the Tier One Project pilots WERE the SpaceShipOne pilots.

[edit] Foreigners

Lots of foreign astronauts on those Space Shuttles, most of them with military careers. Do they get astronaut badges they can wear? --Joffeloff 23:14, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Badges or wings?

Why are we calling them "badges"? This article is about U.S. practices, so shouldn't U.S. terminology be used? The Navy, USAF, and the FAA all call them "wings". Unless someone can come up with some official refs that call them badges, I propose moving this article to Astronaut Wings (which currently redirects here.). Akradecki 04:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mach 25 and 100 days patch

Since this article includes info on both the silver and gold astro pin, would something about the shuttle Mach 25 patch and ISS 100 days patch be appropriate? --EarthPerson 00:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

This comment was placed in the article by an anonymous user - I have removed it and am placing it here. --Shruti14 t c s 19:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

This picture is incorrect; the "Navy" pin is a Naval Aviator (Astronaut), awarded to pilots of space missions. The "Coast Guard" pin is a Naval Flight Officer (Astronaut), awarded to mission specialists and system operators. All Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard flight qualifications are the same, and are awarded the same pins.