The 2022 update to the official ESA astronaut patch, now with 27 flags

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen

ESA ARIANE 6 PATCH

Alpha mission patch French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet was launched to the International Space Station on 17 November 2016 for his six-month Proxima mission as a flight engineer for Expeditions 50 and 51.

ESA's Orion-esm fm-1 patch The European Service Module (ESM) is the service module component of the Orion spacecraft.

"Cosmic Kiss" The name of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer’s first mission to the International Space Station, Cosmic Kiss, is a declaration of love for space.

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen patch IRISS

Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station for his second mission in the Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft on 20 July 2019 – the 50th anniversary of the first human lunar landing – and returned 6 February 2020.

PromiISSe missie embleem van de Nederlandse astronaut André Kuipers. Programme for Research in Orbit Maximising the Inspiration from the Space Station for Europe

The size of this Tim’s Personal Mission Patch is 10 x 13,5 cm. The Principia design features the mission name and an apple, which represents Newton’s laws of gravity. Note a small ISS symbol represented in the light reflecting off the shiny apple skin.

ESA ARIANE 5 PATCH

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's mission patch

Space Rider aims to provide Europe with a reusable and independent space transportation system, which will transport payloads into orbit and conduct missions lasting about two months before returning to land on Earth.

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's missions patch VOLARE