The STS-123 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle in orbit. The crew names are in the trail behind the Shuttle. The two major elements to the International Space Station that will be performed on this mission, the installation of Dextre and the pressurized section of the Japanese Experimental Module ware also illustrated. The Space Station is shown in the configuration that the STS-123 crew will encounter when they arrive.
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The NASA insignia design for shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which is not anticipated, it will be publicly announced.