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April 12, 2011.
S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region -
All-Russia Exhibition Center, Kremlin, Moscow.
On the occasion of the Cosmonautics Day and the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight, managers, specialists, veterans of RSC Energia, associates and relatives of the Chief Designer, representatives of the Administration and the general public of Korolev laid live flowers to memorial plaques and monuments to Sergei Korolev installed on the Corporate premises and in the town of science Korolev. Flowers were laid to pay a tribute to the memory of outstanding figures of our country's space science and hero cosmonauts in the Heroes Alley within the memorial complex of the Cosmonautics Museum, at the Kremlin wall, and at burial places in Moscow.
In the Kremlin Palace, the President of Russia D.A. Medvedev presented state awards to employees and veterans of the space industry, including employees of RSC Energia: Oleg Skripochka, Mikhail Kornienko, Alexander Kaleri and Fyodor Yurchikhin.
For reference:
- For bravery and heroism exhibited during a long-duration space mission onboard the International Space Station, cosmonauts-testers of RSC Energia Oleg Skripochka and Mikhail Kornienko had the titles of the Hero of the Russian Federation and the Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russain Federation bestowed on them.
- Instructors-cosmonauts-testers of RSC Energia Alexander Kaleri and Fyodor Yurchikhin, for bravery and high level of professionalism exhibited during a long-duration space mission were awarded Orders of Merit for the Fatherland, Class IV.
- By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation for great services in the field of space research and exploration, many years of conscientious work, for active involvement in public affairs the Medal of Merit for Space Exploration was awarded to the chief scientific consultant of the President of the Corporation, an associate of S.P.Korolev, academician Boris Chertok.
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