Three Russian cosmonauts caused a stir yesterday when they arrived at the International Space Station wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
Three Russian cosmonauts caused a stir yesterday when they arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev, and Sergey Korsakov arrived at the ISS on Friday, March 18 at 3:12 p.m. ET wearing flight suits in yellow with blue accents, which has been taken as a show of support for Ukraine. They arrived on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, the first set of Russian cosmonauts to arrive at the ISS since the invasion of Ukraine began. In a question and answer section during the welcoming ceremony for the newly arrived cosmonauts, commander Oleg Artemyev was asked about the color of the suits they were wearing.
