The 2024 update to the official ESA astronaut patch, now with 27 flags

ESA Ariane 6 Rocket patch 2024

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti was launched to the International Space Station in April 2022. Her second space mission: Minerva.

ESA Muninn Marcus Wandt patch ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden will travel to the International Space Station on Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) in January 2024. He will spend up to 14 days in orbit conducting microgravity research and educational activities. Marcus will be the fifth ESA astronaut to fly on a Dragon spacecraft, and will do so as mission specialist. The Ax-3 crew of four astronauts will be launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The astronaut from Sweden is the first of a new generation of European astronauts to fly on a commercial human spaceflight opportunity with Axiom Space. His mission is supported by ESA and the Swedish National Space Agency. Europe is teaming with a commercial space company to show how fast-track, short-duration missions can generate good science, outreach and education for a better life on Earth. Launch: No earlier than 23:11 CET on 17 January 2024 Launch site: Launch pad 39A, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA (source ESA)

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen

ESA ARIANE 6 PATCH

Alpha mission patch French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

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

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