Why Space Patch Corner?

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These sites are still under construction and far away from beeing complete. I will add further patches and section when time becomes ready. A Corner has specific meaning to me. Think of a sofa having a corner. It is a comfortable place where I can sit or lie and forget all things around me. I can dive into my hobby: spaceflight and as a special part collecting space patches. Over the years the kind of space patch collecting varies concerning what I collect. I started with US mission only patches adding payload and russion patches and later special and commemorative patches. But to be honest it grew to cost more and more money and I had to stop it and proceed with it with a reasonable degree. Therefore I decided to select specific areas like - mission flight patches including the known projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, ISS - special russian patches           - special patches like                          the 5 inch Apollo 17 initial patches the 5 inch ASTP patches       the 5 inch STS-3 patches      (Of course there are some special patches which I do not have. These would of course be a nice addition to my collection and under special circumstances I maybe are able to buy them in the future but some are so expensive and propably will remain unreachable for me) About 2 years ago (spring 2004) I had a special look at the STS-1 patch with it's three versions (two flame, three flame and four flame). I decided to have a look at the first 25 STS missions and ALT to search for variants and error manufactured patches. I looked for all differences of the front and the back sides to collect them. I wish to show all these on this internet site to all interested people. If you have remarks or wish to tell me of errors please feel free to contact me at spacepatchcorner@cityweb.de Furtheron, if someone has informations where to find patches which could help to enlarge this collection or has patches to sell please also get in contact with me. Thanks for looking my internet sites. Finally I wish all of you a Happy Time while "walking" around. Harald Kränzel March 2006