Special Honors
He was a member of the Russian and Soviet national aerobatic flying teams, and was Champion of Moscow in 1983, and Champion of the Soviet Union in 1986.
For his space flight experience, he was awarded:
- the title of Hero of the Russian Federation;
- the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (USSR);
- the title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (USSR);
- the Order of Lenin (USSR);
- Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class;
- Order of Honour;
- Order of Lenin (USSR);
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR);
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration";
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg".
Foreign awards:
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (France);
- NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (USA);
- three NASA Space Flight Medals (USA).
He overtook Sergei Avdeyev's previous record for the career total time spent in space (747.59 days) during Expedition 11 to the International Space Station. Krikalev has logged a total 803 days and 9 hours and 39 minutes in space.
On 23 May 2007 Sergei Krikalev was selected as an honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg together with conductor Valery Gergiev.
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