Expedition 65

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The official mission insignia for International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 66, designed to resemble US highway route 66

• The Expedition 66 patch celebrates the continued utilization of the International Space Station as a path for human and scientific space exploration.
• Its shape reflects the Route 66 highway sign, which once guided an earlier expansion into distant, remote lands. The arc of the Earth’s atmosphere is reminiscent of the well-known stop-motion photos taken by astronauts and cosmonauts of the Earth in eclipse.
• Two future destinations are depicted, the Moon resting inside one of the numerals, and Mars to the right. A multicolored bridge containing the colors of each of this mission’s international partner’s flags (Russia, Germany, France, Japan, and the United States) draws the viewer from the perimeter of the patch into the numeral 66 just as the space station bridges the gap from low-Earth orbit to these distant exploration destinations.

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International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 64 mission insignia

• The Expedition 64 patch shows the International Space Station illuminated by the city lights of earth. The illumination of the space station modules represents the enduring partnership and continuous human presence on station for 20 years. The modules from all partner countries represent the international cooperation, which sustains this presence in space. The aurora and light behind the horizon are beautiful features of our home planet, and the Moon and stars in the background shows our future exploration beyond Earth.

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International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 65 mission insignia

• The International Space Station Expedition 65 patch depicts the space station as it appears during the time the crew will be onboard. The space station flying over the Earth represents the overall reason for having a space station; to benefit the world through scientific research and international cooperation in space. When this expedition begins, the space station will have provided continued human presence in space for more than twenty years. Blue, the background color of the patch, symbolizes reliability.
• The stars represent the crew onboard the space station, as well as mission control centers located on three continents. Those stars, in that field of blue, also symbolize the thousands of space workers throughout the space station partnership who continue to contribute to the success of our International Space Station.

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The seven-member Expedition 65 crew with (from left) Flight Engineers Pyotr Dubrov, Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur and Thomas Pesquet, with Commander Akihiko Hoshide and Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Mark Vande Hei. Kimbrough, McArthur and Vande Hei are all NASA astronauts. Pesquet is an astronaut representing ESA (European Space Agency). Hoshide is a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut. Dubrov and Novitskiy are cosmonauts representing Roscosmos.