April 10, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Sergei Volkov, test cosmonaut from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, who has been honored with the Hero of Russia Star and the honorary rank of Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, at the Kremlin.10.04.2009#386436
April 10, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, giving a state award to Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonaut from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, who has been honored with the Hero of Russia Star and the honorary rank of Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin.10.04.2009#386430
April 10, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev giving a state award to Sergei Volkov, test cosmonaut from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, who has been honored with the Hero of Russia Star and the honorary rank of Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin.10.04.2009#386429
President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) speaking at the Kremlin during the ceremony of giving Gold Stars of Hero of Russia to Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386428
President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) speaking in the Kremlin during the ceremony of giving Gold Stars of Hero of Russia to Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386427
The first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) attending the ceremony of giving Hero of Russia Stars to Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386406
President Dmitry Medvedev (left), Sergei Volkov (second left) and Oleg Kononenko (right), test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, after the Kremlin ceremony of awarding Gold Stars of Hero of Russia, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386363
President Dmitry Medvedev (right) after the Kremlin ceremony of awarding Gold Stars of Hero of Russia to Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, April 10, 2009. From left: the first spacewalker Alexei Leonov and the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.10.04.2009#386362
From left: Cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Alexei Leonov attending the ceremony of giving Hero of Russia Stars to Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386361
President Dmitry Medvedev (second left), Sergei Volkov (left) and Oleg Kononenko (second right), test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, during the president's Kremlin meeting with cosmonauts and rocket-and-space branch officials, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386355
From right: the first spacewalker Aleksei Leonov, Russian Space Agency director Anatoly Perminov, Vice-Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Energia Space Corporation president Vitaly Lopota and the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova during the president's Kremlin meeting with cosmonauts and rocket-and-space branch officials, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386354
President Dmitry Medvedev (center), Sergei Volkov (left) and Oleg Kononenko (right), test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, during the president's Kremlin meeting with cosmonauts and rocket-and-space branch officials, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386353
President Dmitry Medvedev (left, background) and Oleg Kononenko (right, background), test cosmonaut from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, during the president's Kremlin meeting with cosmonauts and rocket-and-space branch officials, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386352
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving a state award to Sergei Volkov, test cosmonaut from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, who has been honored with the Hero of Russia Star and the honorary rank of Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386344
President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) speaking in the Kremlin during the ceremony of giving Gold Stars of Hero of Russia to Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonauts from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386343
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving a state award to Oleg Kononenko, test cosmonaut from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, who has been honored with the Hero of Russia Star and the honorary rank of Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin, April 10, 2009.10.04.2009#386342
