Logo for the space mission ‘Esperia’, conducted by ASI (the Italian Space Agency) to attach the module “Node 2” to the International Space Station.
The Earth in blue, the Space Shuttle as a yellow band giving a sense of dynamism and pointing to the SSI I proposed in grey, watching the moon and Mars, white and red semicircles, future goals of the ASI space adventure. The three-dimensional effect is accentuated by the thin gray curve and the black background of space.
The name Esperia, flanked by a stylized Italian flag, refers to the Italian spirit of the mission, to the customer and the design, to Alenia Spazio, producer of Nodo2, and to the astronaut Paolo Nespoli who will be on board.
