Ceremonial flag of Soyuz TMA-08M ISS Expedition 40.

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

The emblem is centered around the main image of a famous Baikonur monument, known as 'the fisherman'. The cosmonaut is shown floating over a blue Earth, with a departing Soyuz launch vehicle climbing towards the stars. The constellation depicted is Cepheus; this is the callsign chosen by the spacecraft commander. Banners enclosing the scene show the spacecraft designation, crew names and their national flags.

Soyuz TMA-13M was a 2014 flight to the ISS. It transported three members of the Expedition 40 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-13M is the 122nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since 1967, and the 39th Soyuz mission to the ISS. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 41 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until its departure in November 2014.

Crew: commander Russian cosmonaut Maksim Surayev, Flight Engineer 1 NASA astronaut Gregory R. Wiseman, Flight Engineer 2 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst.