Gennadi Strekalov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and Ashoka Chakra recipient
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Place of Birth: Mytishchi, Russia
About Gennadi Strekalov
- Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: ?????´??? ????´?????? ??????´???; 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 four people to use a launch escape system.
- He was decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union.
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