Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1940)

Gennady Strekalov

Soviet-Russian engineer and cosmonaut (1940–2004)

Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov 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…