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MSS
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posted 02-21-2015 11:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MSS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) patch for Kimiya Yui's Expedition 44/45 stay onboard the International Space Station:

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onesmallstep
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posted 02-21-2015 01:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nice design using the ISS cupola as the back of what I believe is a sea turtle? I know Wally Schirra would be pleased!

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-20-2015 09:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From @Astro_Kimiya:
My name "Kimiya" means "Beautiful turtle" in Japanese. That's why a beautiful turtle on my JAXA mission patch.

p51
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posted 03-20-2015 08:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for p51   Click Here to Email p51     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I assume someone has already given him the infamous, "Are you a turtle?" bit...

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-20-2015 09:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
He is almost certainly aware of it given that he is an astronaut today because of the film "The Right Stuff." It was watching that movie (repeatedly, both alone and with his wife) that drove him to apply to be a JAXA astronaut.

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