Gennady Strekalov

Gennady Strekalov

Infobox Astronaut
name =Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov


type =Cosmonaut
nationality =Soviet
date_birth =October 26 1940
place_birth =Mytishchi, Russia
date_death =December 25, 2004
place_death =Moscow, Russia
occupation =Flight Engineer
selection =Civilian Specialist Group 5
time =268d 22h 22m
mission =Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10-1, Soyuz T-11, Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-21, STS-71
insignia =|

Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Геннадий Михайлович Стрекалов) (October 26 1940 - December 25, 2004) was an Instructor-Test-Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He has been decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union (December 10, 1980 and April 11, 1984). He also received the Ashoka Chakra Award from India in 1984.

Background

Strekalov was born on October 26 1940 in Mytishchi near Moscow. He graduated from N.E. Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School in 1965 with an engineer's diploma. He died in Moscow on December 25, 2004 from cancer. He was 64 years old.

Awards and honors

*Order of Lenin (3)
*Gold Star (2)
*Order of People's Friendship

pace Experience

Strekalov had worked as an engineer at RSC Energia since graduation from the N. E. Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School. He was involved in experimental investigations and testing of space technology. He held the degree of candidate of technical sciences. He independently developed and released documentation for a series of enterprise-related products. As part of an operations group, he participated in mission control for flights of scientific research vehicles belonging to the Academy of Sciences. In January 1974, he began training as a crew member for a mission aboard the Soyuz spacecraft as a flight engineer and, in 1976, was part of the backup crew for the Soyuz 22 mission.

Starting October 1978, he underwent flight training to be the flight engineer for a Soyuz expedition to visit the long-term Salyut space station. From November 27 to December 10 of 1980, he successfully completed an experimental mission aboard the Soyuz T-3 spacecraft as a research engineer as part of the crew composed of L. D. Kizim, O. G. Malcarov, and G. M. Strekalov. During the flight, a docking of the Soyuz T-3 spacecraft with the Salyut 6-Process-11 orbital complex was accomplished.

From June 1981 to April 1983, he underwent direct flight training to be the flight engineer of the primary expedition for a mission aboard the Soyuz-T spacecraft and the long-term Salyut 7 orbiting station. In the period from 20 - 22 April 1983, he flew aboard the Soyuz T-8 spacecraft as part of a crew comprising V. G. Titov, G. M. Strekalov, and A. A Screbrov.

From 3 to April 11 of 1984, he participated in a third space mission aboard the Salyut-7 orbital scientific-research complex as part of an international Soviet-Indian crew including Yu. V. Malishev, G. M. Strekalov, and R. Sharma, of India.

In the period from 1 August to 10 December 1990, he completed a fourth space fight as flight engineer of the seventh primary expedition to the Soyuz TM-10 station and the Mir orbital scientific-research complex as part of a crew including G. M. Manakov and G. M. Strekalov.

From 3 October to 4 November 1994, he was flight engineer of the Soyuz TM-21 / Mir EO-18 / STS-71 mission.

External links

* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/strekalo.html Source]


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