> The award is a sterling silver Snoopy lapel pin that has flown in space

I find it interesting that "has flown in space" is presented here almost like a property of the material and not as history of the individual pins.

Are the pins passed on from past recipients to new ones, so the time in space was during the previous wearer's mission? Or are there ISS missions that just carry a box of not yet awarded pins with them but will not do anything with the box, just so it gains its flown-in-space-ness?