The portrait's background is a photograph of the M78 nebula and its reflecting dust clouds in the constellation Orion as captured by astrophotographer Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 23493 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted March 29, 2010 02:24 PM
The above photograph has been updated by NASA (the crew's flight suit colors have been adjusted in the final release to more closely match).