Ceremonial Banner of Soyuz MS-01 ISS Expedition 48.

The size of the banner is 39” x 59 “, double faced.

.Soyuz MS-01 emblem introduces the latest modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, in service for nearly 50 years. The ship is shown approaching the International Space Station, ready to deliver a new crew and start another expedition on the orbital facility. The number of the ship is depicted in bold characters to emphasize a new beginning: one that might one day lead to a mission to Mars, the planet subtly hiding behind the zero.

Soyuz MS-01 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. Originally scheduled for launch in June 2016, the mission successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan on 7 July 2016.

It transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-01 is the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first with the new version Soyuz MS. The crew consisted of a Russian commander Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin, a Japanese JAXA astronaut flight engineer Takuya Onishi, and an American NASA astronaut flight engineer Kathleen Rubins.

On 6 June 2016, the launch was rescheduled to July 2016 due to flaws in the control system that could affect the docking to the ISS.

The spacecraft was successfully docked on 9 July 2016 and returned to Earth on 30 October 2016.