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Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-13-2010 11:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
ISS Expedition 27 insignia

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

jasonelam
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posted 08-13-2010 11:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jasonelam   Click Here to Email jasonelam     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What would be the significance to the five stars in the left part of the patch? Why is one smaller than the rest?

KAPTEC
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posted 08-13-2010 12:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KAPTEC   Click Here to Email KAPTEC     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 08-13-2010 12:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

NavySpaceFan
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posted 08-13-2010 12:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NavySpaceFan   Click Here to Email NavySpaceFan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Tim and Jorge strike again! Beautiful, well done gentlemen!

jasonelam
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posted 08-13-2010 01:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jasonelam   Click Here to Email jasonelam     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great work! Another beautiful patch!

Tom
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posted 08-13-2010 05:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Tim/Jorge, congratulations again! Another outstanding job!

hoorenz
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posted 10-14-2010 02:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for hoorenz   Click Here to Email hoorenz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The embroidered A-B Emblem patch.

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