(March 19, 2022 at 12:40 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Russians board International Space Station in Ukrainian colours
Russian cosmonauts have arrived at the International Space Station wearing Ukrainian colours, in what appears to be a statement opposing the invasion.
The three men were the first new arrivals since Russia attacked its eastern neighbour last month.
They were warmly welcomed on board, hugging and greeting their fellow American, Russian and German crew.
The three smiling men floated into the space station one by one wearing bright yellow space suits with blue accents.
The standard-issue Russian uniform is plain blue, and at least one of the men was seen wearing this before take-off.
The moment was live-streamed by both Nasa, the American space agency, and the Russian agency Roscosmos.
"It became our turn to pick a colour," Mr Artemyev said when he was asked about the suits in a live-streamed press conference.
"We had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it," he joked. "That's why we had to wear yellow."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-...gn=KARANGA
While it’s nice to imagine that the cosmonauts wore those colours in support of Ukraine, a much more likely explanation is that they were wearing their university colours.
Boru
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