Ceremonial Banner of Soyuz TMA-16M ISS Expedition 43.

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

The emblem shows the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft coming in for docking with the space station. In the background, the outline of a stopwatch is visible, which, when combined with the three running figures, depicts the "marathon" theme of this crew, as two of its members aim for a record stay of twelve months and Soyuz commander Padalka will break the record for cumulative days in space. Three stars for the crew members, their names, the spacecraft identification and the Roscosmos logo complete the background of the stopwatch, while the Russian and American national colors form the outer border of the design."

Soyuz TMA-16M was a 2015 flight to ISS. It transported three members of Expedition 43 crew to the Station. TMA-16M was the 125th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first having launched in 1967.

Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko performed the first one-year stay at the Space Station, returning in Soyuz TMA-18M.

Crew: Commander Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer 1 Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko, Flight Engineer 2 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.