Artifact:  Argentine flag flown aboard the International Space Station Materials:  nylon. Dimensions:  10 x 17 cm. Launch date: Septembe...

Argentine flag flown aboard the International Space Station


Artifact: Argentine flag flown aboard the International Space Station
Materials: nylon.
Dimensions: 10 x 17 cm.
Launch date: September 11, 2024
Landing date: April 20, 2025 
Program: Soyuz MS-26 / ISS-71 / ISS-72
Flown Status: yes.

The Argentine flag floating inside the ISS' Cuppola. In the background two Soyuz spacecrafts. Image taken on April 17, 2025. Courtesy of Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin.

Description: This flag traveled to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-26 mission, launched on September 11, 2024, and returned to Earth on April 20, 2025, after spending 220 days in space. It is signed by cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and bears the official seal of the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS).