Oleg Kononenko, Hero of the Russian Federation and Hero of Turkmenistan, instructor-cosmonaut-test pilot of Roscosmos, was awarded a medal of the Russian Peace Foundation in Moscow. The awarding ceremony was held at a reception in honor of the return to Earth of the space exhibition of photographs "Into the Space of the Russian Soul". This is reported by the Internet edition "Westiabad."
Oleg Kononenko was also recently awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the Samara Region - it was in this Russian region that the cosmonaut began his professional career as a design engineer.
The exhibition project "Into the Space of the Russian Soul" was organized jointly by the Russian Peace Foundation and Roscosmos. Within its framework, 12 photographic works visited the ISS during Oleg Kononenko's expedition. The exhibition was visited by American astronauts, cosmonauts from Russia and Axiom Space crew members.
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