The Science Museum And Mousse announced a Competition for children To design the mission patch for the first Magdrive orbit mission of the propellant of the company’s prototype.
The winning patch design will be used for this Go rogue Mission and displayed alongside the prototype propellant in the new space gallery of Science Museum, opening this fall. The mission patch will be added to the collection of Science Museum groups, joining a large collection of space technology that includes Tim PeakeThe spaceship, several rocket engines, historic space combinations and mission plates from important NASA missions. The winner and their families will also be able to visit the Magdrive laboratory to see where the prototype propellant is built and will be invited to visit science Museum to see his exposed patch.
Magdrive’s thug propeller is a new electrical propulsion system that uses metallic propellant and high energy plasma to maneuver satellites in orbit. THE Become a thug The mission will test the capacities of propellant in space by maneuvering a ION Satellite, with the mission duration of six months, after the launch this summer. Thousands of satellites are in orbit and with more than each year, better handling of satellites is necessary to avoid collisions and maintain the compatible services with satellite on which many people depend now.
The competition to design the mission patch is open to today’s children May 6, 2025. Visitors to the Science Museum will be able to participate during the Easter holidays, the entrance form available to take over at the museum. Visitors can attend a session without free appointments on Tuesday April 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 3 years, led by an explanator of the Science Museum where they can join other visitors to create their idea of space patch.
As most of the first astronauts were previously military pilots, the military tradition of carrying specially designed patches has also become a custom of space missions, and this has continued to date. Several space mission patches – including For Apollo missions At the Moon – can be seen in the Science Museum. The winning mission patch will join these historical conceptions and will be displayed in the new of science museumSpaceGallery when he opened in the fall of 2025.
More information can be found to this direct link … Patch conceptions will be judged on their link with the mission, the illustration of spatial exploration and creativity. The judgment committee includes a representative of Magdrive, an explanator of the Science Museum, Abbie Mackinnon, curator of space technology at Science Museum and Libby Jackson, chief of the museum space.
Libby Jackson, head of space at Science Museumsaid, “The winning patch design will join a long history of mission patches that dates back to the first space missions. I hope that this competition encourages young people to consider this fascinating story, to seek the night sky and to visit the museum for inspiration. I can’t wait to look at the brilliant and creative ideas that are submitted and see how the winning design is used for this important mission.“”
Dr Thomas Clayson, CTO and co-founder of Magdrivesaid, “The Science Museum inspired me to work in science and engineering, and it is an honor to inspire the next generation. The space industry develops quickly and young visitors today will solve future problems and develop in the cosmos. I am delighted to see their creativity and proud to present the mission patch to the international space community. “”