Wally Schirra’s Insignia Patches

Wally Schirra’s Insignia Patches

Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
Origin	Wally Schirra
Type	Space Mission Insignia Patches
Effects	Causes silliness while on work.
Downsides	Leads to tension with crew and coworkers. Apollo patch cause an infectious head cold.
Activation	Wearing
Collected by	Warehouse 13
Section	Korolev-956K
Aisle	686642-9914
Shelf	590888-8398-336
Date of Collection	September 25, 2008
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Origin[]

Wally Schirra was a naval officer, aviator, test pilot and one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, America’s first space program. He was the fifth American and the ninth human to ride a rocket into space, the first to go up three times and the only person to have flown on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. He performed several space rendezvouses and was normally in command of the life control systems.

On the Gemini mission, he faked a UFO/Santa Claus sighting on Christmas Day and played ‘’Jingle Bells on his smuggled abroad harmonica. During the Apollo 7 mission, he caught a head cold, passed it to another astronaut and had a grumpy conversation with mission control.

Effects[]

Each patch will make the person behave silly and childish when they’re not doing their job at work. This normally builds comedic tension between the user and their coworkers. The Apollo patch in particular has the ability to transmit an infectious but mild head cold that only causes increased irritability.

Astronomy Artifacts
Astronomers	Clyde W. Tombaugh's Photographic Plates • Edmond Halley's Telescope • Ernst Chladni's Plate • Fritz Zwicky’s Meteor Pellets • Galileo Galilei's Astrolabe • Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers’ Telescope • Johannes Hevelius' Quadrant • Johannes Kepler's Telescope Lense • John Flamsteed's Star Catalogue • Kazimierz Kordylewski’s Telescope • Luis Alvarez's Iridium Chunk • Nicolaus Copernicus' Armillary Sphere • Tycho Brahe's Prosthetic Noses • Vera Rubin's Protractor • William Wales' Portable Observatory
Exploration Missions	American	Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Hoax Set • Apollo 13 Command Module • Apollo 15 Geologic Hammer and Falcon Feather • Chris Hadfield's Acoustic Guitar • Columbia Space Shuttle • Navigational Software from the Mars Climate Orbiter • Pete Conrad's Space Boots • Richard F. Gordon Jr's Spacesuit Helmet • Saturn V • The Fourth Astronaut • Wally Schirra’s Insignia Patches • William Safire’s Apollo 11 Speech
Soviet / Russian	Alexey Leonov's "Near the Moon" • Laika's Harness • Sputnik's Antenna • USSR Space Capsule • Valentin Bondarenko's Cotton Balls • Valeri Polyakov's Blood Pressure Cuff • Vladislav Volkov’s Spacesuit • Yuri Gagarin's Hockey Puck • Yuri Gagarin's Spacesuit • Yuri Gagarin's Lieutenant Pin
Other	Edward Makuka Nkoloso’s Oil Drum • Matroshka Experiments Mannequin
Natural Phenomenon	Samples	Chunk of the Chelyabinsk Meteor • Explosive Meteor Fragment • NWA 7034 • Piece of Halley's Comet • Star Jelly
	Solar Prominence	Donald Liebenberg's Eclipse Glasses • Évry Schatzman's Telescope • Johannes Fabricius' Camera Obscura • Obelisk from St. Peter's Basilica • Ra's Scepter • Ra's Solar Barge
	Lunar Activity	Chang'e's Buyao • Jean Chastel's Silver Gun • Li Bai’s Rosewood Wall Panels • Princess Kaguya’s Bamboo Sword • Selene's Tiara • Tobias Mayer's Reflecting Circle • Wang Zhenyi's Lunar Eclipse
	Exotic Physics	Fred Hoyle’s Rubik's Cube • George Biddell Airy Transit Instrument • Hermann Weyl's Drafting Compass • Holmdel Horn Antenna • James Chadwick's Nobel Prize • Jocelyn Bell Burnell's Chart Recorder • Johannes Kepler's Planetary Model • John Archibald Wheeler’s Newton Cradle • Karl Schwarzchild's Pocket Watch • Louis Essen's Alarm Clock
Extraterrestrial Life	Purported Sightings	Heaven's Gate Homepage • J. Allen Hynek's Telescope • William Brazel's Cowboy Hat
Extraterrestrial Life	Fictional Encounters	Bolaji Badejo's Beret • Cybermen Outfits • Dalek Costumes • Fox Mulder's 'I Want To Believe' Poster • Garrett P. Serviss' Prop Martian Gun • George Lucas' Original Prop Lightsaber • H. R. Giger's Mechanical Pencil • HAL 9000 Prop • Omnitrix Toy • Orson Welles' Microphone • Richard O'Brien's Stockings • U.S. Air Force Space Probe No. 1 • Zathura
Miscellaneous	Bill Kaysing's Feather • Carl Sagan's Jacket • Charles Fort’s Newspaper Clippings • Conrad Haas’ Nozzle • Huitzilopochtli's Sacrificial Bowl • Jack Parson's Rocket Engine • Lance Bass' Cargo Container • Maria Margaretha Kirch's Ephemeris • Piece of the Antikythera Mechanism • Qian Xuesen's Servomechanism