Gennadi Strekalov
- Status: Deceased
- In Space: No
- Date of Birth: 10/26/1940
- Date of Death: 12/25/2004
- First Flight: 11/27/1980
- Last Flight: 03/14/1995
Launches
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-21
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-10
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-3
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-8
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz T-10a / T-10-1)
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-11
Gennadi Strekalov, a Russian astronaut affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 6 space flights and engaging in 6 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.
Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; 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 two people to use a launch escape system.
