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NASA image of the day · 20 August 2026

Artemis Mission Patches

Artemis Mission Patches
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A NASA jacket containing Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside Firing Room 1 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation for the Artemis III mission.

The text is NASA’s caption.

From NASA’s Image of the Day. NASA’s own photos are generally not protected by copyright; each one keeps NASA’s credit line, and pictures credited to anyone else are left out. NASA does not endorse this site. nasa.gov ↗