Via Starwars.com:

LEGENDARY DESIGNER DOUG CHIANG DISCUSSES CREATING A REAL-WORLD MISSION PATCH FIT FOR A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY. PUNCH IT.

Houston, we have a Star Wars mission patch.

Lucasfilm and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) unveiled today a new Star Wars-themed mission patch. Designed by Lucasfilm, the patch is filled with an improbable amount of Star Wars iconography, from droids BB-8, K-2SO, and Chopper to a subtle Millennium Falcon frame. Forget space suits — I want this on every jacket I own.

CASIS oversees research on the International Space Station (ISS) US National Laboratory, and this patch will represent all payloads intended for the ISS in 2017. Mission patches are a longstanding and respected tradition, and legendary Star Wars designer Doug Chiang jumped at the chance to help create this Star Wars edition. StarWars.com caught up with Chiang, who served as art director on the project, to get some insight into its deceptively simple design and came away with five behind-the-scenes details. As it turns out, both space travel and space-patch design ain’t like dustin’ crops.

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