When three Russian cosmonauts arrived on the Worldwide Area Station carrying yellow flight fits with blue accents, some noticed a message in them carrying the colours of the Ukrainian flag. They shot that down on Saturday.
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev mentioned every crew picks the colour of the flight fits about six months earlier than launch as a result of they have to be individually sewn. And since all three of them have been graduates of Bauman Moscow State Technical College, they selected the colours of their prestigious alma mater.
“There isn’t any must search for any hidden indicators or symbols in our uniform,” Artemyev mentioned in a press release on the Russian area company’s Telegram channel. “A colour is just a colour. It isn’t in any method linked to Ukraine. In any other case, we must acknowledge its rights to the yellow solar within the blue sky.
“Lately, regardless that we’re in area, we’re along with our president and our folks!”
Since Russia invaded Ukraine somewhat over three weeks in the past, many individuals have used the Ukrainian flag and its colours to indicate solidarity with the nation.
Dmitry Rogozin, the pinnacle of the area company Roscosmos, reiterated Artemyev’s level in a tweet, posting an image of the college’s blue and gold coat of arms.
Shortly after their arrival on the orbiting station on Friday, Artemyev was requested in regards to the flight fits. He mentioned there was a number of the yellow materials in storage and “that’s why we needed to put on yellow.”
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