Gennadi 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.
Strekalov was born on October 26, 1940 in Mytishchi near Moscow. He graduated from N.E. Ba...
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Gennadi 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.
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.
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...
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