This was the first time the Estonian blue-black-white had orbited the earth. The flag launched with the Space X CRS25 Falcon 9/Dragon spacecraft on July 15th, 2022 which then headed for the International Space Station (ISS) and remained attached to the MISSE-16 payload throughout its 275 days in space.
Estonian-American venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, a former SpaceX board member noted on his Twitter account that: "Several flags flew on Apollo, but Estonia was occupied by the evil empire then, Like Ukraine today... and that's the next flag"
