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These medals are discussed in detail in Soviet Space Medals.
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Bust of Tsiolkovskiy Dates and inscription |
| Minted at the Moscow Mint, and commemorates 125 years anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskiy, famous inventor and founder of Cosmonautics. | |
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Bust of Tsiolkovskiy Museum |
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Sputnik and Earth Inscription, hammer and sickle |
| Presentation medal given in 1982 by the cosmonautiks federation to participants of the Sputnik launch program on its 25th anniversary. | |
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In Glory of Great Motherland / January 1959 In commemoration of launch of the first in the world space rocket / "I believe that many of yours will be witnesses of first out of atmosphere journey." (Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy) |
| Minted by the Moscow Mint for the Academy of Science to commemorate the first space rocket launched in the Soviet Union. | |
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Bust of Lomonosov "he Russian soil indeed is able to give birth to its own Platos and sharpminded Newtons." |
| From the collection of cosmonaut and designer Georgiy Grechko. | |
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LXX / S.P.Korolev 1906-1966. "Dependable bridge to cosmos is thrown-over by launch of Soviet artificular Sputniks, The road to the Stars is openned" (Korolev, Pravda, Dec 10, 1957) |
| Presentation medal minted by Moscow mint by order of the USSR Academy of Science to commemorate 70 years birthday anniversary of Soviet missile and space program pioneer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. No public releae - scientists and designers in Soviet space programs received these medals during anniversary of Korolev birthday celebration. | |
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Bust of Korolev "Cosmonautics has an infinite limitless future and its prospects are boundless as the universe itself." |
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International Space Year (in Russian and English) Association of the museums of cosmonautics (in Russian and English) |
| Issued by the Association of Museums of Cosmonautics (AMCOS) for display in Russian Space Museums and not distributed to the public. Designed by A. Zavaluyev. | |
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Helmeted Gagarin Rocket into space. "10 years since the first manned flight into space." САРАТОВ (Saratov) |
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Portrait of Gagarin Date, inscription and signature |
| Issued in 1961 to commemorate Gagarin's flight in Vostok-1 as the first man in space. For the 20th year anniversary, it was engraved with "20 years of flight of man into space from cosmodrome Baikonur" and given to launch team officers who participated in the Vostok-1 launch. | |
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Arms Gagarin |
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Profile of Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Vostok I in orbit Mintage of 160,000 |
| Issued by the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1991, exactly 30 years after his flight aboard Vostok I. Made from the metal (aluminum) of a Soviet spacecraft that flew in space. | |
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Helmeted Gagarin and Vostok International Space Station Mintage of 12,000 |
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| 30th anniversary commemorative of Gagarin's flight, minted at the St. Petersburgh Mint, as a souvenir of the "Cosmos at service of peace and progress conference." | |
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Gagarin Cosmodrome Baikonur |
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Arms Gagarin statue Mintage of 35,000 |
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Gagarin Vostok flight path |
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Yuri Gagarin and Vostok-1 Logo-emblem of the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics |
| Issued by the Central Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, and minted from flown metal of space station MIR launch rockets which carried the modules to orbit. | |
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Gagarin Vostok orbit |
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Gagarin and capsule Inscription |
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Arms Helmeted Tereshkova |
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Soyuz and Apollo ASTP astronauts and cosmonauts |
| Commemorates the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the docking of both US and USSR spacecraft, and is a USSR Academy of Sciences Intercosmos Council presentation medal for scientists and officials that were part of the program. | |
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Soyuz and Apollo Figures in space |
| this medal is made of titanium that was flown in space, and was owned by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the Soyuz commander on the mission. | |
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Bust of Leonov Leonov signature |
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Cosmonauts V. Lyakhov, L. Popov, and V. Ryumin "Long duration space flights of Soviet cosmonauts V. Lyakhov, L. Popov - 6 months and V. Ryumin - 1 year on board of orbit complex "Salyut-Soyuz-Progress" 1979-1980 with international teams." |
| Presentation medal issued by USSR Cosmonautics Federation presented to cosmonauts Lyakhov, Popov, Ryumin and flight preparation personnel of the Soyuz 32-35 missions. This medal was owned by Lykahov. | |
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15 May 1987, 21:30 pm, Cosmodrome Baikonur This medal is minted from original metal of rocket-carrier Energia |
| Minted from flown metal of the first test flight of Energia. | |
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Energia "universal booster" / "to the participant of the first launch." |
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Shuttle Buran Logo-emblem of the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics |
| Issued by the Central Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, and minted from flown metal of space station MIR launch rockets which carried the modules to orbit. | |
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Shuttle Buran Hologram |
| Made from equipment used to build Buran, and issued by Space-Earth, the company that built Buran. | |
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Space figure Buran |
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Rockets, and radar dish over XXX Flower, 1955-1985 Cosmodrome Baikonur |
| Commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. These were presented to the first test field launch team that launched the first spacecraft in the late 50s and early 60s. | |
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Vostok, Buran on Energia 35th anniversary of cosmodrome Baikonur |
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A launching rocket and the legend Cosmodrome Baikonur RKA / Rosskyskoye Kosmicheskoye Agenstvo (Russian Space Agency) Mintage of 50 |
| A presentation medal of the Russian space agency for Kazakhstan officials. 70 mm diameter rare presentation medal of Russian Space Agency `PKA` (RKA) minted from bronze artwork with attached silver colour Soyuz. On front side reads `Cosmodrome Baikonur`. Reverse shows emblem PKA and reads `Russian Cosmos Agency`. | |
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The flight path of Resource 500, launched from Plesetzk Cosmodrome, and it landing near Seattle. Capsule and inscription. |
| This Russian space medal commemorates the Resource 500 launch in 1992. | |
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The emblem of the Russian Space Forces over the globe and Russian flag, with the arrows the two Russian cosmodromes (Plesetsk on the left, Baikonur on the right) The emblem of the space divisions of Russia |
| A "pennant" that flew on the Resourse-500 mission (in space) which launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia and landed near Seattle, Washington, USA in 1992. It commemorated the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing, the 35th anniversary of Sputnik, and the International Space Year. | |
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"international project Phobos" / "flight control center" Probe over Phobos with landers deployed |