“I think that they will receive some awards, but a hero of Russia is unlikely... This is due to the fact that flights on American ships are valued somewhat differently than flights on our Soyuz,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. .
The historian recalled that in the period from 1998 to 2002, Russian cosmonauts were included in the crews of American shuttles. For example, Boris Morukov remained the only cosmonaut who did not receive the title of Hero of Russia.
Zheleznyakov also cited as an example the situation with Fyodor Yurchikhin, who also flew to the ISS on an American spacecraft, but received the title of Hero of Russia only after flying on the Soyuz.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded test cosmonaut Korsakov the title of Hero of Russia.
Information was also received about the awarding of the title of Hero of Russia to test cosmonaut Denis Matveev.