They landed unscathed in the Kazakh steppe after plunging 31 miles (50 km) into a capsule with parachutes slowing their descent.
It was not immediately clear whether the Hague would receive its award at the ceremony.
Putin awarded for the courage of the American astronaut who survived the failure of the rocket
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