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Georgy Grechko

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Soviet cosmonaut (1931-2017)

ScientistsLived 1931 to 2017 · aged 85
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Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4, Soyuz 26 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 6, and Soyuz T-14 visited Salyut 7.

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2005Badge of honor "For Merit to the Taymyr"
1989Ivan Efremov Prize
1985Order of Lenin
1984Kirti Chakra
1978Order of Klement Gottwald
1978Hero of the Soviet Union
1978Gold Star medal
1978Order of Lenin
1978Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
1978honorary citizen of Prague
1975Order of Lenin
1975Hero of the Soviet Union
1975Gold Star medal
1970Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
1961Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

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Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4, Soyuz 26 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 6, and Soyuz T-14 visited Salyut 7. During the latter mission, Grechko helped to relieve the crew of Soyuz T-13, who had repaired damage to the station.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2017 · aged 85
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