NASA astronaut Nick Hague awarded with Russia's Order of Courage

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