Great to see such a warm welcome of the new crew on the ISS! #SoyuzMS21 Love their suits!💛💙
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— Katya Pavlushchenko (@katlinegrey) March 18, 2022
Posted on 03/19/2022 8:58:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There have been a lot of people protesting the war in Russia, and in a time where such protest can get you locked up–facing a lot of punishment–that’s a brave thing to do. They’ve been protesting since the first day of the invasion.
But perhaps it’s even more dangerous an effort to protest when you have a very high-profile position. It’s hard to think of people with a “higher” position than cosmonauts being sent into space, to the International Space Station.
Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the Station on Saturday, as the first Russian group sent into space since the Russian war against Ukraine began. But when video and pictures of their arrival were shown, they were wearing yellow flight suits with blue on them — the colors of Ukraine.
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov have entered the International Space Station to begin their six-and-a-half month expedition.
Their arrival temporarily raises the station’s crew complement to 10.https://t.co/GAptC5htE9 pic.twitter.com/wBJpOQAaf5
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) March 18, 2022
Great to see such a warm welcome of the new crew on the ISS! #SoyuzMS21 Love their suits!💛💙
pic.twitter.com/BB9ss1Ittn— Katya Pavlushchenko (@katlinegrey) March 18, 2022
Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory yesterday, joining the crew of two Russians, four Americans and one German.
In an extraordinary move, the three new arrivals emerged from their Soyuz capsule after docking with the space station wearing bright yellow jumpsuits with blue stripes, instead of the standard-issue blue uniform. [….]
The colour scheme and its dramatic divergence from usual dress codes drew gasps from Nasa officials and members of Nasa’s astronaut corps. “Wow. Just wow,” said Terry Virts, a former US commander of the ISS.
They were asked about the suits. Artemyev said that the crew gets to pick its style of flight suit, “It became our turn to pick a color. But in fact, we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it,” he joked. “So that’s why we had to wear yellow.”
They were wearing blue suits on the way up and changed into these outfits basically for the arrival cameras. Is it a protest or for another reason? If there was another reason, it’s being interpreted as a protest of the Russian action. So, add that to one more thing that Vladimir Putin isn’t going to like when he hears about it. We reported earlier about the Defense Ministry Twitter account getting mocked for posting a video of a Russian helicopter having to make a forced landing after getting shot.
The two Russians who were on the International Space Station and one of the Americans, Mark Vande Hei, are scheduled to come back at the end of the month on March 30. Dimitry Rogozin has suggested that they might leave Vande Hei behind, but NASA said that they have been guaranteed his safety and even if the Russians did so, they would have alternative plans to get him home.
Putin Puffers here will call this fake.
RE: Putin Puffers here will call this fake.
Exactly why are there Putin Puffers in FR anyway? Exactly what is it about Putin’s invasion or Putin himself they admire and support?
Stupid.
I’m not a ‘Putin-Puffer’, and I think the colors are just a coincidence.
That you have to pose that question when it’s crystal clear which people and groups are supporting Ukraine and their rush to start WW3 is very disturbing.
“Putin Puffers here will call this fake”
Hello, Why is this something you’re compelled to announce? And how do you know? (Authentic questions.)
Some or most are Q-tards but don’t want to admit it. There were 2 posts I saw also calling Xi a “white hat.” That is confirmed Q-BS because that is the current growing narrative in Q-Land. Xi, Putin and Trump are all in a secret conspiracy to save the world.
The rest are closet authoritarians, freaks and Russian bots.
A minority are Libertarians. These last I can respect since at least they’re not sitting there rooting for Russia. But the rest are.
Because they’re retired glowies and are still loyal to the anti-Americans that populate those agencies.
Because the Putin Puffers call everything fake, announcing it in every thread. Go look at any thread reporting any sort of positive news about Ukraine.
Probably, sure, sure.
lol you know they are pissed
“Putin Puffers call everything fake, announcing it in every thread. Go look..”
If that’s the case then I don’t need to go anywhere, right? This thread will demonstrate. Thanks for addressing that.
Thank you! There is a insane part of the gop that is going to end up helping democrats stay in power after the fall elections with their idiotic insanity
Sky News reported that the astronauts said it was just that, a coincidence. But the neocons on this site are interested only in 1) pushing propaganda rather than the truth and 2) shaming those interested in the truth as putinistas. Childish but they are what they are.
The puffers have been here a long time going back to Georgia in 2008 and before.
I was joking, but the accusations are just weird & out of nowhere, similar to the accusation that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to get elected.
Just because we don’t believe one damn word coming out of our government doesn’t mean we are Putin puffers!! I am really quite amazed at those of you that are lapping up the LIES AGAIN after the last 2 years AND 20 fricking years in Iraq and Afghanistan!!
Are you talking to me? Check my posts, ‘k?
Believing that Putin had no right to attack Ukraine in this way - and even believing that he’s an unbalanced, murderous bastard - are NOT the same as rushing to support the start of WW3.
If it’s all so ‘crystal clear’ to you that you can’t see any distinctions and levels of thinking in this, you’re just another of the propagandists.
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