---
title: "Astronaut Insignias/Pins Awarded for Suborbital and Orbital Flights"
id: 6650
type: "post"
slug: "astronaut-pins"
author: "NSE"
published: "2023-06-12T01:54:19+00:00"
modified: "2023-06-12T04:06:38+00:00"
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category:
  - "Space Economy"
post_tag:
  - "Blue Origin"
  - "NASA"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Virgin Galactic"
---

# Astronaut Insignias/Pins Awarded for Suborbital and Orbital Flights

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2762-1.jpg?resize=696%2C329&ssl=1)

*Virgin Galactic*

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2759-1.jpg?resize=224%2C224&ssl=1)

*Blue Origin*

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2758-1.jpg?resize=696%2C235&ssl=1)

*FAA Commercial Astronaut*

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2761-1-1.jpg?resize=299%2C424&ssl=1)

*NASA Astronaut Upon Graduation*

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2788.jpg?resize=512%2C384&ssl=1)

*NASA Astronaut After First Mission*

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2789.jpg?resize=696%2C464&ssl=1)

*SpaceX*

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_4272.jpg?resize=696%2C461&ssl=1)

*The Universal Astronaut Pin Awarded by the Association of Space Explorers. Suborbital flight on the left, and orbital flight on the right.*