STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, crew insignia (logo), the official insignia of the NASA STS-47 mission, depicts the Space Shuttle orbiter with the Spacelab (SL) module in the payload bay (PLB) against a backdrop of the flags of the United States and Japan. The flags symbolize the side-by-side cooperation of the two nations in this mission. The land masses of Japan and Alaska are represented on the emblem, emphasizing the multi-national aspect of the flight as well as the high inclination orbit of 57 degrees. The initials ''SLJ'' on the left border of the emblem stand for Spacelab Japan; the name generally used for the mission is Spacelab-J. The Japanese characters on the right border form the word Fuwatto which means ''weightlessness''. The names of the STS-47 flight crewmembers are located along the border of the patch. They are Commander Robert L. Gibson, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Jr, Mission Specialist (MS) Mark C. Lee, MS Jerome Apt, MS N. Jan Davis, MS Mae C. Jemison, and Japanese Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri. Each crewmember contributed to the design of the insignia.
