MAI graduate students Dmitry Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev were honored with Heroes of Russia title

April 12, 2024
MAI graduate students Dmitry Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev were honored with Heroes of Russia title

On April 12, two cosmonauts, graduate students of MAI Institute No. 6 “Aerospace” Dmitry Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev were awarded the title of Heroes of Russia by presidential decree for their courage and heroism shown during a long flight to the ISS. By the same decree, they were awarded the honorary title of “Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation”.

Instructor-test cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin worked on the ISS in 2022-2023. His flight was the longest in the history of the station – he spent 370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes in Earth orbit, 39 hours in outer space.

Test cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev completed a 185-day orbital flight in 2023. He went to the ISS as part of the Crew-6 mission. Fedyaev became the second Russian cosmonaut to fly on Crew Dragon, and the third participant in the Roscosmos and NASA cross-flight program.

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