When three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, some saw a message in them wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag
When three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, some saw a message in them wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag
When Three Russian Astronauts Arrived at the International Space Station wearing a yellow flight suit with blue accents, some saw a message in them wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag. They shot him on Saturday.
Astronaut Oleg Artemyev said each crew chooses the color of the flight suits about six months before launch because they need to be sewn individually. And since all three of them were graduates of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, they chose the colors of their prestigious alma mater.
“There is no need to look for any hidden signs or symbols in our uniforms,” Mr Artemyev said in a statement on the Russian Space Agency’s Telegram channel. “A color is just a color. It is not connected with Ukraine in any way. Otherwise we would have to recognize its authority over the yellow sun in the blue sky.
“These days, even though we’re in space, we’re with our president and our people!”
Since then Russia invades Ukraine Three weeks ago, many people used Ukraine’s flag and its colors to show solidarity with the country.
The head of the space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, reiterated Artemyev’s point of view in a tweet, posting a photo of the university’s blue and gold coat of arms.
Shortly after arriving at the orbiting station on Friday, Artemyev was asked about the flight suit. He said there was a lot of yellow material in storage and “so we had to wear yellow.”