Poster Boys (and Girls)

Astronauts show a lighter side in their unofficial crew posters.

  • By Rebecca Maksel
  • AirSpaceMag.com, July 08, 2011
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Courtesy Sean Collins, Robert Markowitz (photographer), and NASA.


Despite his experience with the Trekkies, Collins decided to use another “Star Trek” theme for the crew of STS-134, using the 2009 movie as his inspiration. The starburst on the left represents the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which was mounted on the International Space Station by the crew of STS-134.

From left to right: Drew Feustel (“Scotty”), Mike Fincke (“Bones”), Mark Kelly (“Captain Kirk”), Greg Johnson (“Spock”), European astronaut Robert Vittori (“Sulu”), and Greg Chamitoff (“Chekov”).


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Comments (4)

Is Frank De Winne looking a little pensive? Perhaps he has just remembered what traditionally happens to red-shirt crew members.

Awesome! So glad to see a human side of these heroes and a sense of humor to boot!!

Regarding the Atlantis 125 poster, Scott Altman was the Navy Tomcat pilot that provided the in-flight middle finger in Top Gun.

Exists also for the following crews

STS-46 Spaghettis all over astronauts
STS-54 Enterprise Bridge photo
STS-55 German traditional costumes photo

...and many more...

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