Georgy Grechko
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
83
Georgy Grechko
b. May 25, 1931 — d. Apr 8, 2017
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Engineer
MISSIONS
3
TIME IN SPACE
134D:20H:32M
SPACEWALKS
1
SPACEWALK TIME
00D:01H:28M
Georgy Grechko
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
83
Georgy Grechko
b. May 25, 1931 — d. Apr 8, 2017
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Engineer
MISSIONS
3
TIME IN SPACE
134D:20H:32M
SPACEWALKS
1
SPACEWALK TIME
00D:01H:28M
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on several space flights including Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26, and Soyuz T-14.Grechko graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Mechanics with a doctorate in mathematics. He was a member of Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He went on to work at Sergei Korolev's design bureau and from there was selected for cosmonaut training for the Soviet Moon programme. When that program was cancelled, he went on to work on the Salyut space stations.