Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
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The Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" is a state decoration of the Russian Federation aimed at recognising achievements in the space program. It was established by presidential decree №1099 of September 7, 2010 which revamped the entire Russian awards system.
Reverse of the medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev
Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin
American astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
Nikolai Budarin
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station. He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.
Nikolai Budarin
Cosmonauts Nikolai Budarin and Valery Ryumin (left) reunite moments after hatch opening, following docking of Mir and Space Shuttle Discovery.
Nikolai Budarin, Expedition 6 flight engineer, is pictured in a Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the ISS.
Nikolai Budarin inside the Zvezda Module of the ISS.