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300 flags that were flown in space on two flights, three spacecraft and two space stations are set to be returned on Friday to the entity for which they were launched. European and Chinese astronauts will attend the ceremony in Berlin, Germany for the handover of the blue and gold flags to the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). The banners are unique for having flown on Russia’s Soyuz, the United States’ space shuttle and China’s Shenzhou, as well as the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong-1 space lab module.

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