{"id":1421588,"date":"2022-04-06T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421588"},"modified":"2022-04-06T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:59:41","slug":"russian-cosmonauts-who-wore-yellow-and-blue-blindsided-by-speculation-they-were-supporting-ukraine-american-astronaut-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-cosmonauts-who-wore-yellow-and-blue-blindsided-by-speculation-they-were-supporting-ukraine-american-astronaut-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Cosmonauts Who Wore Yellow And Blue \u2018Blindsided\u2019 By Speculation They Were Supporting Ukraine, American Astronaut Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-cosmonauts-who-wore-yellow-and-blue-blindsided-by-speculation-they-were-supporting-ukraine-american-astronaut-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239618924.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In mid-March, three Russian cosmonauts arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) were photographed wearing yellow and blue flight suits, a move that led some to speculate they were supporting Ukraine, since those are the colors on the country\u2019s flag. Now, the American astronaut who was also on the ISS said the cosmonauts were \u201cblindsided\u201d by the speculation.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russian-cosmonauts-wear-ukraine-colors-when-arriving-at-international-space-station\">reported<\/a> at the time, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said that the yellow was completely coincidental and that each crew chooses its own colors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt became our turn to pick a color. But in fact, we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it. So that\u2019s why we had to wear yellow,\u201d he said after being asked about the suits.<\/p>\n<p>Artemyev also addressed the speculation days after his initial comments, saying \u201cThere is no need to look for any hidden signs or symbols in our uniform,\u201d the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-business-europe-moscow-fd71ea86a3edf308375fbebd06e64010\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA color is simply a color. It is not in any way connected to Ukraine. Otherwise, we would have to recognize its rights to the yellow sun in the blue sky,\u201d he added. \u201cThese days, even though we are in space, we are together with our president and our people!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said on Tuesday in his first press conference since returning to Earth last week that the Russian cosmonauts were \u201cblindsided\u201d by speculation that they were supporting Ukraine with their flight suits.<\/p>\n<p>Artemyev, along with Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, originally wore blue flight suits on the day their spacecraft docked with the ISS, but he and his crew then changed into yellow flight suits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll three of them happened to be associated with the same university, and I think they were kind of blindsided by it,\u201d Vande Hei said, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/05\/world\/nasa-astronaut-mark-vande-hei-iss-scn\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a>. He also said the cosmonauts \u201chad no idea that people would perceive that as having to do with Ukraine,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/04\/05\/mark-vande-hei-russia-ukraine-yellow-suits\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In that same interview, Vande Hei said that he and his Russian crewmates didn\u2019t avoid discussions about the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey weren\u2019t very long discussions, but I did ask them how they were feeling and sometimes asked pointed questions, but our focus was on our mission together,\u201d Vande Hei said.<\/p>\n<p>Vande Hei had given the press conference after he returned from a 355-day stint aboard the ISS.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, many became concerned with Vande Hei, who was in the ISS when Russia first invaded Ukraine. Vande Hei had been in space for nearly a year and was scheduled to return on a Russian capsule, but the war between Russia and Ukraine \u2013 and the United States\u2019 position \u2013 put that into question.<\/p>\n<p>NASA, however, said Vande Hei would still return in the Russian capsule, the AP\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-space-launches-kazakhstan-spacex-space-exploration-3591a4d11641ab823dc4ecd7b6a5877e\">reported<\/a>\u00a0on March 14. Vande Hei landed safely in Kazakhstan last week.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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