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| hoorenz | As seen on Ron Garan's Twitter: first glimpse of the Expedition 27 patch. This is the simplified shirt version. |
| Robert Pearlman |  Credit: NASAClick here to view in higher resolution Expedition 27 marks the International Space Station's (ISS) 27th long duration mission. Expedition 27 begins with Soyuz TMA-01M undocking in March 2011. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on TMA-21. - NASA astronauts Catherine "Cady" Coleman and Ron Garan
- Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Kondratyev, Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev
- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli
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| jasonelam | What would be the significance to the five stars in the left part of the patch? Why is one smaller than the rest? |
| KAPTEC | 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...  |
| KSCartist | 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. CDR 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. |
| NavySpaceFan | Tim and Jorge strike again! Beautiful, well done gentlemen! |
| jasonelam | Great work! Another beautiful patch! |
| Tom | Tim / Jorge... congratulations again! Another outstanding job!
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| hoorenz | The embroidered AB Emblem patch.  |
| robsouth | Am liking this patch, the red border with the black interior works well and the station itself looks very impressive. Putting the 'International Space Station' in gold letters is also a nice touch. Probably the best space station patch yet. Oh and including the Southern Cross is inspired, Go Aussie! |