CEREMONIAL FLAG SOYUZ TMA-03M ISS EXPEIDITION 30 KUIPERS PETTIT KONONENKO
CEREMONIAL FLAG SOYUZ TMA-03M ISS EXPEIDITION 30 KUIPERS PETTIT KONONENKO
Spare Ceremonial flag of Soyuz TMA-03M ISS Expedition 30.
The size of the flag is 39” x 59 “, double faced.
Comes in fabric carry bag.
Great for signing!
Soyuz TMA-03M launched on 21 December 2011 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying three members of Expedition 30 to the ISS. TMA-03M was the 112th flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
The crew were Roskosmos Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko (commander), ESA astronaut from Netherlands Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. The Soyuz remained aboard the space station for the Expedition 30 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle if needed.
The capsule used in the mission can be seen at the Space Expo visitors center at the European Space Research Techonolody Centre in Noordwijk Netherlands.
The Soyuz MTA-03M crew emblem depicting the stars of the constellation Scorpio. The brightest star is Antares, the callsign of mission commander Oleg Kononeko.
In upper left the logo of Roskosmos,
The image of 3 cosmonauts, holding hands.
Large letters: СОЮЗ ТМА-03М (SOYUZ TMA-03M). The Soyuz spacecraft incorporated in the design of Russian letter Ю.
Large red letters of the commander of Soyuz TMA-03M in Cyrillic KONONENKO and in English names of astronauts KUIPERS and PETTIT.
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