"The messages in the border reflect her desire to inspire peoples' appreciation of our role as crewmates on Spaceship Earth," said Spain. Stott's patch reads: "Back to Earth — Our Planetary ...

And so, in a huge embarrassment for NASA and Boeing, it hurtled back to Earth empty-handed. The decision was made in August to use a SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule to return the marooned ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth. For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance ...

"The messages in the border reflect her desire to inspire peoples' appreciation of our role as crewmates on Spaceship Earth," said Spain.

"The design attempts to convey something of the awe and wonder of her spaceflight experience," said Chris Spain, who arranged for the production of the patch, "incorporating her trademark patchwork ...