• → European Space Agency

      • Space for Europe
      • Space News
      • Space in Images
      • Space in Videos
    • About Us

      • Welcome to ESA
      • DG's News and Views
      • For Member State Delegations
      • Business with ESA
      • ESA Exhibitions
      • ESA Publications
      • Careers at ESA
    • Our Activities

      • Space News
      • Observing the Earth
      • Human Spaceflight
      • Launchers
      • Navigation
      • Space Science
      • Space Engineering
      • Operations
      • Technology
      • Telecommunications & Integrated Applications
    • For Public

    • For Media

    • For Educators

    • For Kids

    • ESA

    • OasISS Mission

    • Human Spaceflight and Exploration

    • Astronauts

    • ISS

    • About OasISS
    • About the mission
    • Why OasISS?
    • Mission milestones
    • Crew patches
    • Meet the crew
    • Frank De Winne
    • Roman Romanenko
    • Robert Thirsk
    • Gennady Padalka
    • Michael Barratt
    • Koichi Wakata
    • Timothy L. Kopra
    • Nicole P. Stott
    • Jeffrey Williams
    • Maxim Surayev
    • Downloads
    • Information Kit
    • OasISS newspapers
    • Exhibition panels
    • Multimedia
    • Launch Media Corner
    • ESA Multimedia gallery
    • Services
    • OasISS on Twitter
    •  OasISS on YouTube

    ESA > Our Activities > Human Spaceflight > OasISS Mission

    OasISS mission logo

    About the OasISS mission logo

    In addition to depicting the ISS and Earth as oases for astronauts and humankind, the mission logo features the theme of water as the basis of life as we know it.

    Our planet is shown as a drop of water, resembling Earth as seen by the astronauts on the ISS. The importance of water for life is represented by the tree that grows out of the arms of a man. He is rooted in the Station and its scientific utilisation. Water flows through the man’s arms and the branches of the tree.

    The rocket illustrates the Soyuz that will carry Frank De Winne to the ISS. A single white star symbolises how human exploration will eventually lead humankind to other planets.

    Last update: 24 April 2009

    Rate this

    Views

    Share

    • Currently 0 out of 5 Stars.
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

    Thank you for rating!

    You have already rated this page, you can only rate it once!

    Your rating has been changed, thanks for rating!

    1
    facebook
    twitter
    reddit
    google plus
    digg
    tumbler
    digg
    blogger
    myspace

    Connect with us

    • RSS
    • Youtube
    • Twitter
    • Flickr
    • Google Buzz
    • Subscribe
    • App Store
    • LATEST ARTICLES
    • · CryoSat hits land
    • · Ariane 5 completes seven launches …
    • · Measuring skull pressure without t…
    • · Malargüe station inauguration
    • · The solar wind is swirly
    • FAQ

    • Jobs at ESA

    • Site Map

    • Contacts

    • Terms and conditions