Ceremonial flag of Soyuz MS-09 ISS Expedition 56

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

The circular shape of the Soyuz MS-09 crew emblem symbolizes the shape of the globe, inside of which the Belukha mountain is visible: the highest peak of the Altai, representing the crew's call sign. A trio of white swans flying over the Earth towards the International Space Station symbolize the three crew members. The six stars shown against the black background of space are for the members making up the successive ISS expedition crews. The golden silhouette of the orbital outpost is shown at the top of the emblem. Below are the numbers of the main expeditions of the same hue. The Roscosmos logo is placed in the middle of the inscription "Soyuz MS-09." The crew members' names are put along the emblem's inner border with the crew commander's name underneath the flying spaceship Soyuz. The outer border is made up of the astronauts' national flags.

Soyuz MS-09 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 6 June 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56/57 crew to the ISS. MS-09 is the 138th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander Sergey Prokopyaev, and an American astronaut Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor and a German flight engineer Alexander Gerst. The mission ended at 05:02 UTC on 20 December 2018.