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Topic: Kimiya Yui's ISS expeditions JAXA patch
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MSS
Member Posts: 1116
From: Europe
Registered: May 2003
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posted 02-21-2015 11:52 AM
  
Here is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) patch for Kimiya Yui's Expedition 44/45 stay onboard the International Space Station:  
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onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1535
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 02-21-2015 01:28 PM
Nice design using the ISS cupola as the back of what I believe is a sea turtle? I know Wally Schirra would be pleased!  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55190
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-20-2015 09:43 AM
From @Astro_Kimiya: My name "Kimiya" means "Beautiful turtle" in Japanese. That's why a beautiful turtle on my JAXA mission patch.  |
p51
Member Posts: 1793
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 03-20-2015 08:52 PM
I assume someone has already given him the infamous, "Are you a turtle?" bit... |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55190
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-20-2015 09:50 PM
He is almost certainly aware of it given that he is an astronaut today because of the film "The Right Stuff." It was watching that movie (repeatedly, both alone and with his wife) that drove him to apply to be a JAXA astronaut. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55190
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-10-2025 06:31 PM
I spoke with Yui today and instead of designing a new patch for his upcoming Expedition 73/74 stay on the International Space Station, he is reusing the same design.The only change is the instead of being inscribed "ISS Exp 44/45," it now just says "ISS Expeditions." |
Russian
Member Posts: 644
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 08-02-2025 08:55 AM
Kimiya Yui pin by JAXA: 
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SpaceFerris
Member Posts: 72
From: Thornville, OH
Registered: Mar 2015
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posted 08-03-2025 08:58 AM
SpaceFacts.de found a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center photo with JAXA astronaut Yui wearing his new patch: |
ddrwilli
Member Posts: 81
From: Pataskala, Ohio
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 09-05-2025 05:47 PM
Here is an English translation of the patch description from the back of the JAXA patch packaging: The JAXA logo for the International Space Station (ISS) long-duration mission was designed with a sea turtle motif, which is associated with astronaut Kimiya Yui's name. The turtle represents Astronaut Yui's character, who has steadily worked hard toward his goals. The shell resembles the ISS's "cupola" (a seven-window observation facility for observing Earth and other celestial bodies), evoking the image of the ISS leisurely swimming through the ocean of space. The brilliance of the Moon and Mars, visible from the cupola, represents the ISS as an important technology demonstration site for international space exploration, leading to future space development. |
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