Google Goes Commie April 2011

I noticed this google graphic today on their search page.  I am curious as to why they chose to depict an old soviet astronaut? What message are they trying to convey?????????????
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(below) A Soviet space skafander in the Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow.

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