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Topic:	ISS Expedition 27 insignia

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by jasonelam: [B]What would be the significance to the five stars in the left part of the patch? Why is one smaller than the rest?[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><blockquote>ISS Expedition 27 insigniaExpedition 27 begins with Soyuz TMA-01M undocking in March 2011. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on TMA-21. <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>NASA astronauts Catherine "Cady" Coleman and Ron Garan <LI>Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Kondratyev, Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev <LI>European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli</UL></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss27_patch01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss27_patch01.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="400"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>jasonelam</TD><TD>What would be the significance to the five stars in the left part of the patch? Why is one smaller than the rest?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>KAPTEC</TD><TD>It is the Crux (Southern Cross). First time ever in a patch. Tim could answer you why one of the two golden stars is bigger than the other... <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/smile.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>KSCartist</TD><TD>It's the Southern Cross constellation as it appears in the sky — four major stars and one small one. It was Jorge's idea so he gets the credit for the suggestion.Kondratyev liked the idea of a southern hemisphere constellation as opposed to "Orion" or the "Big Dipper" which have been depicted a number of times.The white stars represent the two three-person Soyuz crews and the two gold stars represent the artists. A signature we've used more than once.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>NavySpaceFan</TD><TD>Tim and Jorge strike again! Beautiful, well done gentlemen!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>jasonelam</TD><TD>Great work! Another beautiful patch! </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Tom</TD><TD>Tim/Jorge, congratulations again! Another outstanding job! </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>hoorenz</TD><TD>The embroidered <A HREF="https://space.abemblem.com/collections/expeditions/products/expedition-27" TARGET=_blank>A-B Emblem patch</A>. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss27_patch02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss27_patch02.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="400"></a></center></TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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