Russia denies cosmonauts wore yellow jumpsuits in protest of Ukraine invasion

On Friday, cosmonauts Denis Matveyev, Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Korsakov arrived on the Worldwide Area Station carrying vivid yellow and blue jumpsuits. They have been the primary Russian astronauts to journey to the ISS because the conflict in Ukraine started, and plenty of noticed their selection of uniform as a press release towards their nation’s invasion of its neighbor.

Sooner or later later, per Russia’s Roscosmos house company dismissed these options. “Generally yellow is simply yellow,” it stated in a Telegram publish noticed by the outlet. Roscosmos went on to assert the three cosmonauts have been carrying the colours of Bauman Moscow State Technical College, their shared alma mater. And for what it’s price, the college’s crest, like Ukraine’s nationwide flag, options loads of blue and yellow. 

“Certainly not will we drive cosmonaut graduates of Bauman College to not put on the colours of the coat of arms of their alma mater,” stated Dmitry Rogozin, the pinnacle of Roscosmos. The house company additionally later shared a photograph of Artemyev carrying a white jumpsuit with the colours of the Russian displayed prominently throughout the chest.

The cosmonauts didn’t say an excessive amount of about their selection of uniform. “It grew to become our flip to choose a shade,” stated Artemyev when requested concerning the topic throughout a subsequent press convention. “We had accrued numerous yellow materials so we would have liked to make use of it. That is why we needed to put on yellow.”

Whereas astronauts from the US and Germany seemed blissful to see their new crewmates, tensions between the West and Russia threaten the way forward for a number of joint initiatives. This week, the European Area Company stated it was mission whereas searching for a option to transfer ahead with out the involvement of Roscosmos.