- NASA astronaut Tyler Nicklaus Hague (age 44 years) awarded with Russian’s Order of Courage award.
- The award is presented by Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) to US astronaut Nick Hague for his effort to survive an emergency on board a Russian spacecraft a year ago.
- In October 2018, He had survived an aborted space launch with Alexei Ovchinin (Russian cosmonaut) when their Soyuz rocket failed minutes after blast-off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Published On : 11 Oct 2019
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