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He received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1945

the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War

Today the venerable Soyuz continues to operate flying missions in conjunction with NASA ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS)

Leonov was selected to be first Soviet person to land on the Moon

the West became aware of a Soviet Typhoon project in 1974

Grey / Steel Quartz He received the Order ofThe Buran Shuttlewas a Soviet developed reusable spacecraft in response to NASAs Space Shuttle program. The project was the large stand most expensive in the history of Soviet space exploration. While the Space Shuttle and the Buran program looked very similar there was one noticeable design difference. Unlike the American space shuttle that relied on three hydrogen fuelled engines to aid in reaching orbit, the Soviet spacecraft carried only lighter