ISS astronaut’s Klingon-inspired mission patch

Robert Pearlman reports that astronaut Steve Swanson, currently a crew member on the International Space Station, had a “badass” Star Trek Klingon inspired mission patch designed with the help of his daughter. However, it was eventually watered down into a conventional patch design: Astronaut’s cloaked Klingon space patch: Star Trek-inspired emblem revealed – collectSPACE

Exp40MissionPatchDesigns_news-060614cTwo designs by Steven Swanson and his daughter Caroline.
(Collectspace/Swanson)

 

In this Instagram image of Swanson on the ISS, he has the Klingon inspired artwork on his T-shirt: