Cosmonauts and astronauts of the 74th long-range mission to the ISS met in Star City A ceremony honoring the ISS-74 crews was held at the Cosmonaut Training Center. After the welcome speech of the head of the Center for Research and Development, Oleg Kononenko, the deputy head of the Center for Science and Development, Andrei Babkin, published a report on the results of the expedition. Also, Roscosmos Deputy Director General for Manned Programs, Sergey Kryklev, presented departmental awards to crew members. Roscosmos cosmonauts won the award: Sergey Kud-Svarchkov is a friend of Academician Korolev; Sergey Mikaev - Yu. A. Gagarin Medal; Oleg Platonov - Yu. A. Gagarin Medal; Andrey Pedayev is a friend of Academician Korolev. Astronauts from other countries have received Space Without Borders medals: Christopher Williams, NASA; Zeena Cardman, NASA; Kimia Yui, JAXA. It seems that only recently we opened the hatches, greeted the first sunrise, and began the work of the first expedition aboard the ISS. And for the first time in history, for 25 years, humanity is on a continuous trajectory.
- noted Sergey Kryklav.
The astronaut is the pinnacle of the space industry, and hundreds of thousands of people around the world help us do our job. We are grateful to them for their help in carrying out our space flights.
stressed the head of the training center for cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko. What traditions were observed by the cosmonauts and astronauts of the ISS-74 team - read on the website.