Ceremonial Banner of Soyuz MS-03 ISS Expedition 50 51.

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

The emblem of Soyuz MS-03 uses the classical shield shape; the origin of this type of emblem. The flags of the countries represented on this international space mission, the name of the spacecraft and the Roscosmos logo crown the design. Three animals symbolize each of the crew members occupying three quadrants, while the fourth houses the spaceship, depicted flying towards the space station's docking target. The eagle is taken from the state seal of Iowa, birth state of US crew member Peggy Whitson; the Zubr buffalo from Belorussia represents the Russian commander Olev Novitsky’s origin and a lion to show the Normandy origins of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016. It transported three members of the Expeidtion 50 crew to ISS. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander Oleg Novitskiy, American astronaut Peggy Whitson and French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.