Russian Cosmonauts Wear Ukraine Colors When Arriving At International Space Station

Three Russian cosmonauts carrying yellow flight fits with blue accents arrived on the Worldwide House Station (ISS) on Friday, a transfer that has led to hypothesis that they had been purposefully carrying Ukraine colours.

The Related Press reported the three cosmonauts had been the primary to reach on the ISS since Russia invaded Ukraine in late January.

“Russian house company Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov blasted off efficiently from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan of their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft at 8:55 p.m. Friday (11:55 a.m. EDT). They easily docked on the station simply over three hours later, becoming a member of two Russians, 4 People and a German on the orbiting outpost,” the AP reported.

Artemyev was first seen carrying a blue flight swimsuit when the Russian spacecraft docked with the ISS, however he and his crew then become yellow flight fits. The AP reported that it was “unclear what, if any, message the yellow uniforms they become had been meant to ship.”

For his half, Artemyev claimed it was only a coincidence that his crew wore yellow flight fits at this explicit second, saying that every crew chooses their very own flight-suit colours.

“It grew to become our flip to choose a coloration. However in truth, we had gathered plenty of yellow materials so we would have liked to make use of it. In order that’s why we needed to put on yellow,” he stated after being requested in regards to the fits.

Earlier this month, many grew to become involved with the destiny of American astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who was within the ISS when Russia first invaded Ukraine. Vande Hei has been in house for almost a 12 months and was scheduled to return on a Russian capsule, however the warfare between Russia and Ukraine – and the USA’ place – put that into query.

NASA, nevertheless, stated Vande Hei would nonetheless return within the Russian capsule, the AP reported on March 14.

“Vande Hei — who on Tuesday breaks the U.S. single spaceflight document of 340 days — is because of go away with two Russians aboard a Soyuz capsule for a landing in Kazakhstan on March 30. The astronaut may have logged 355 days in house by then, setting a brand new U.S. document. The world document of 438 steady days in house belongs to Russia,” the AP reported.

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, America’s former document holder, returned his Russian medal for house exploration to the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the outlet famous. Regardless of this, Kelly stated Russia and the U.S. can proceed to work collectively in house.

“We want an instance set that two international locations that traditionally haven’t been on essentially the most pleasant of phrases, can nonetheless work someplace peacefully. And that someplace is the Worldwide House Station. That’s why we have to struggle to maintain it,” Kelly informed the AP.

The U.S. and Russia are the first operators of the ISS, and American astronauts routinely return to Earth on Russian capsules.

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