Russian Cosmonauts Enter Space Station Wearing Flight Suits with Colors Similar to Ukraine Flag
A three man crew of Russian cosmonauts entered the International Space station today wearing bright yellow flight suits with blue trim — colors very similar to those used on the flag of Ukraine, which Russia invaded last month.
Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov arrived at the station on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft at 3:12 p.m. EDT. They were launched aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
It’s possible they are protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine. In which case, they are extremely brave. Or it might just be a giant coincidence. They might have chosen these colors — which have been used on the station before — months earlier.
The cosmonauts joined Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer.
On March 30, a Soyuz spacecraft will return as scheduled carrying hkaplerov, Dubrov and Vande Hei back to Earth. Upon their return, Vande Hei will hold the American record for the longest single human spaceflight mission of 355 days.
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all they were saying is “ukraine” is ours
Than the colors should be Red and Blue, the colors on the Ukraine flag from 1950-1992 when under Russian control. Blue and Yellow are the colors that have always been associated with Ukraine being independent of Russia.
its the colors from the three cosmonauts university.
That sounds reasonable, given that otherwise Putin’s secret police will be waiting for them. I wonder what would happen if they asked for Asylum and landed the Soyuz at WSMR??
that would be an interesting question. I suspect that they are heavily invested in the cosmonaut life style which still is quite good
But which also perhaps has a rapidly approaching best-if-used-by date.
Well, that’s their excuse when they get back. I still view this as a sign of support since it would have been easier to not don the jumpsuits and play it safe.
An ASAT right above your head a few months ago makes you re-think a few things, no?
Very mysterious.
Yeah, blue with yellow trim would look lot better!
Meanwhile, here is news of something incredibly stupid…
https://thepostmillennial.c…
Wow, brave if that’s what it means. And of course they didn’t sew those uniforms themselves, there’s multiple levels of support behind such a display.
Perhaps the message is ambiguous enough to save them
lol it is the colors of their university