Ceremonial flag of Soyuz TMA-17M ISS Expedition 44.

The size of the flag is 39” x 59 “, double faced.

The Soyuz TMA-17M patch is inspired on the design of the Apollo 17 patch. The main element in this logo is a portrait of Sergei Korolev, the legendary main constructor, who shaped the early years of Soviet cosmonautics. He is depicted watching the Soyuz spacecraft on its celestial voyage, trailing three red lines. They symbolize the three crewmembers, but also represent the three- manned craft that Korolev developed; Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz. Behind the Earth, a red sun rises. After the American Apollo element and the Russian Korolev item, the sun is Japan's element in this design. The constellation of Scorpio tops off the emblem, with the star Antares highlighted, as this is the callsign for this particular Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.

Soyuz TMA-17M was a 2015 flight to ISS. It transported three members of Expedition 44 crew to ISS. TMA-17M was the 126th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by Japanese and American astronauts. The capsule remained docked to the space station for about five months until the scheduled departure of Expedition 45 in December 2015. Soyuz TMA-17M landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan on 11 December 2015, in a rare night landing.

Crew: Commander Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Fligth Engineer 1 JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, Flight Engineer 2 NASA astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren