Editing Apollo 1 (section)

=== Insignia ===
Grissom's crew received approval in June 1966 to design a mission patch with the name ''Apollo{{nbsp}}1'' (though the approval was subsequently withdrawn pending a final decision on the mission designation, which was not resolved until after the fire). The design's center depicts a command and service module flying over the southeastern United States with Florida (the launch point) prominent. The [[Moon]] is seen in the distance, symbolic of the eventual program goal. A yellow border carries the mission and astronaut names with another border set with stars and stripes, trimmed in gold. The insignia was designed by the crew, with the artwork done by North American Aviation employee Allen Stevens.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dorr |first=Eugene |title=Space Mission Patches – Apollo 1 Patch |url=http://genedorr.com/patches/Apollo/Ap01.html |access-date=July 18, 2009}}</ref><!-- Note: the genedorr.com site quotes Deke Slayton's book "Deke!: U.S. Manned Space : from Mercury to the Shuttle", ISBN 978-0-312-85503-1, for the premise that the crew designed the patch. I don't have the book to confirm and provide a cite. Someone who does may wish to add this as a reference. --><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hengeveld |first=Ed |date=May 20, 2008 |title=The man behind the Moon mission patches |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052008a.html |access-date=July 6, 2013 |publisher=[[collectSPACE]]}} "A version of this article was published concurrently in the [[British Interplanetary Society]]'s ''[[Spaceflight (magazine)|Spaceflight]]'' magazine." (June 2008; pp. 220–225).</ref>
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