Honours and Awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Hero of the Soviet Union (26 May 1991) - for the successful implementation of spaceflight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir and displaying courage and heroism
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class (10 April 2002) - for their courage and professionalism shown during the implementation of space flight on the International Space Station; 3rd class (22 November 1999) - for their courage and heroism displayed during prolonged space flight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir
- Order for Personal Courage (18 August 1994) - for their courage and bravery shown during prolonged space flight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir
- Order of Lenin (26 May 1991)
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class (21 February 1985)
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) - for the great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
- Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour (France)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (26 May 1991) - for the implementation of space flight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir
Read more about this topic: Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev
Famous quotes containing the word honours:
“Come hither, all ye empty things,
Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
Who float upon the tide of state,
Come hither, and behold your fate.
Let pride be taught by this rebuke,
How very mean a thing’s a Duke;
From all his ill-got honours flung,
Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)