Expedition 35 Patch

Expedition 35 Patch

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The Mission patch:

Emblazoned with a bold 35 for the 35th expedition to the International Space Station, this patch portrays a natural moonlit view of Earth from the space station at the moment of sunrise. It also contains glowing bands of Earth’s atmosphere dispersing the sun’s bright light into primary colors. Earth is depicted as it often appears from space, without recognizable coastlines or boundaries – just as the international endeavor of living and working together in space blurs technical and cultural boundaries between nations.

The orbiting outpost is the unseen central figure of the image because the view is from a window aboard the space station. This perspective commemorates the full-use of the orbiting laboratory as a long-duration dwelling from which humans can develop techniques and technologies to explore further into the solar system. The crew points out, “The arc of the Earth’s horizon with the sun’s arrows of light imply a bow shooting the imagination to Mars and the cosmos where our species may one day thrive.”