Tuesday 20 December 2011

Promisse Mission Patch - Official Version Available to Collectors.

Spaceboosters Online Store is now stocking the official version of the Promisse Mission Patch.



The logo for the PromISSe mission features the Space Station orbiting Earth, accompanied by three icons and six stars. The PromISSe name crowns a circular design belted with orange cords, while the International Space Station acronym is highlighted in the same colour to bring out the Dutch participation in the mission. The core of the logo is a globe free of national borders. A silhouette of the ISS is shown circling Earth, about to fly over Europe. The icons on the left represent the mission’s three crucial elements: science, technology and education. The globe stands for a knowledge-based society focused on our planet. The electronic circuit denotes technology. The conical laboratory flask illustrates scientific research. The six stars represent the six crewmembers, the six months that AndrĂ© will stay in space and, as the stars are similar to those on the EU flag, the European character.

Soyuz TMA-03M

Soyuz TMA-03M is a planned 2011 flight to the International Space Station. It will transport three members of the Expedition 30 crew to the International Space Station. The crewmembers due to launch on December 21st are: NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands TMA-03M will be the 112th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967, and the third flight of the modernised Soyuz-TMA-M version. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 30 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.




Embroidered Soyuz TMA-03M patch available from the Spaceboosters online store.