Welcome to the thoughts and photos of FLYDDW. Texas, New Jersey, and Arizona living.

I used to work for Boeing - Space Station division in Houston, TX.  While we (USA) worked with other countries to get the Space Station launched and built, we would always have foreigners in the building.  They were always very friendly.

I met a Russian guy (and we had another Russian guy that worked directly for Boeing - but that's another story) named Efgeny (or something like that).  He worked for a company called Energia and he gave me the blue pin in the upper left hand corner.

The middle two (upper and lower) was when we launched node 2A of the Space Station.

In 1999, we got the Apollo pin (lower right).  Above that one is the back of it.  It was the celebration of 30 years.

I left the company in 2000 after getting married and moved to NJ.  I can only imagine what they gave out since.
 
One of my friends, Stephanie Wilson will be flying the next Shuttle mission REAL SOON.

Yes, she was the one caught up (slightly) in that whole Texas - Florida NASA thang.  She flew with that crazy woman, but managed (good for her!) to stay out of the news.

Although I haven't managed to talk to her since 2000, she is still in contact with my son and his mom back in Houston.