{"product_id":"soyuz-tm-23-soyuz-programme-color-changing-mug-11oz","title":"Soyuz TM-23 (Soyuz Programme) Color Changing Mug 11oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSoyuz TM-23 - Color Morphing Mug Design\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a 1990s photograph of two cosmonauts beside a model of the Mir space station, with the Russian flag in view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOff-white covers almost half the image, giving the photograph a pale, documentary quality. Dark blue and black anchor the lower and outer areas, while crimson and bright blue appear in smaller accents, the flag's colours carrying the eye across the frame. The two male cosmonauts and the station model sit at the centre of the composition. The Cyrillic lettering \u003cem\u003eМИР\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eРОССИЯ\u003c\/em\u003e runs through the scene and names the station and the nation outright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Soyuz TM-23 launched on 21 February 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Its task was to carry a crew to Mir, Russia's main orbital laboratory at the time, and to support crew rotation and the research running aboard the station. The image honours that link. It shows a period when a continuous human presence in orbit depended on Soyuz ferries, and it recalls the engineering reliability of the TM series, which bridged earlier Soviet-era flights and the later TMA craft. The cosmonauts stand for the people who kept Mir working through that transitional decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Colour-Changing Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is turned in the hand and seen from every side, so this photograph wraps around the cup rather than sitting on one face of it. The design is faint when the mug is cold and comes into focus as a hot drink is poured in, so the cosmonauts and the station appear gradually, the way a crew emerges from a hatch. Each morning the image resolves as the coffee warms the cup, which suits a story about a spacecraft that kept a station alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ 11oz","offer_id":48527829467416,"sku":"14435174242758339831","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/8687150703766103879_2048.jpg?v=1770574764","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/soyuz-tm-23-soyuz-programme-color-changing-mug-11oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}