Gennadi Strekalov

Tags: Astronaut.

Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; October 26 1940 – December 25 2004) was an engineer cosmonaut and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut-6 Salyut-7 and Mir space stations spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.

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time in space (μ)

2.32357e+07

birth date

1940-10-26

birth place

Russia, Mytishchi

death date

2004-12-25

death place

Moscow, Russia

mission

STS-71, Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, Soyuz T-11, Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-21

nationality

Soviet Union

occupation

Flight engineer

selection

List of astronauts by year of selection

type

Astronaut