Awards and Honors
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- Hero of the Soviet Union, twice (10 December 1980, 11 April 1984)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (7 September 1995) - for active participation in the preparation and successful implementation of long-term US-Russian space flight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir, displaying courage and heroism
- Three Orders of Lenin (10 December 1980, 1983, 11 April 1984)
- Order of the October Revolution (10 December 1990) - for the successful implementation of spaceflight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir and displaying courage and heroism
- Medal "Veteran of Labour"
- Ashoka Chakra, Class I (India, 1984)
- NASA Space Flight Medal (1995)
- Honoured Master of Sports (1981)
- Honorary Citizen of Queens (United States) and Mytischi (Russia)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
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