| | army astronaut device and badges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | SYMBOLISM: The badge design is the same as that for Army Aviation (aviator, flight surgeon, crewmember, etc.) with the shooting star and elliptical orbit superimposed over the shield. |
 | | AWARD ELIGIBILITY: The appropriate Astronaut Badge may be awarded to any individual who has been awarded any one of the Army Aviation Badges as specified in AR 600-8-22, and who completes a minimum of one operational mission in space (50 miles above earth). |
 | | Astronauts, who have not been awarded an aviation badge previously, will be awarded the crewmember badge. |
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