Ceremonial flag of Soyuz MS-05 ISS Expedition

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

At the heart of the emblem is a photograph of the Moon, which symbolizes the 50th anniversary of the landing of man on the Earth's satellite. The emblem also contains the image of the Soyuz spacecraft, ISS. The Arctic tern, known for its long migration, symbolizes the long duration of the expedition. A somewhat unusual red-green-white-black flag in the border of the emblem is the flag of the United Arab Emirates, the birthplace of the cosmonaut Hazza Al-Mansuri.

The first emblems of Russian space expeditions appeared only in the mid-1990s, they were sewn on clothes and space suits of cosmonauts, and were used in souvenirs. In the 2000s, banners of space expeditions based on these emblems also appeared. As a rule, these are white panels with a large emblem in the center. Over time, a whole ritual developed: the flight participants, shortly before the start, leave autographs on the expedition banner, which is then sent to the museum of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This is followed by traditional photography with this flag. Moreover, not only the main crew is photographed, but also the backup crews, so the number of astronauts in the picture usually exceeds the number of names on the mission emblem.

SOYUZ MS-15 Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019, transporting two members of the ISS Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the ISS. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. The crew consisted of a Russian commander cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, an American flight engineer astronaut Jessica Meir, and the first Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri.