posted 04-08-2025 09:03 PM               

This Pegasus pin has a legacy befitting those who broadcast NASA's inspiring story of spaceflight to the world as it perseveres through triumph and tragedy.

Pins of this kind were first flown again aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-107 mission in 2003, with the intent to recognize the "Voices of Mission Control." Columbia and her crew were lost during the mission’s descent to Earth. The original pins were never recovered.

A new, identical set of pins was flown aboard Atlantis on STS-132 to complete the mission to recognize this dedicated group of storytellers.

The mythical story of Pegasus says that everywhere the winged horse struck its hoof on Earth, an inspiring spring burst forth — an apt analogy for the inspiration that the story of human spaceflight creates around the world.