Cosmonaut George Grechko died

On the night of April 8, at the 86th year of his life, the cosmonaut of the USSR, twice Hero of the Soviet Union George Grechko, died. This was reported on the website of the journal "Cosmonautics News".

Grechko made three space flights. From January 11 to February 9, 1975, as a sorcerer of the Soyuz-17 ship and the first main expedition to the Salyut-4 orbital station. From December 10, 1977 to March 16, 1978, as a sorcerer of the Soyuz-26 ship and the first main expedition to the Salyut-6 station. From September 17 to September 26, 1985, the Soyuz-T-14 (Start) and Soyuz-T-13 (landing) during the “Salut-7” station at the Salyut-7 station.

Since May 1986, Grechko worked at the Institute of Physics of the Biosphere of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The author of memoirs “Cosmonaut No. 34. From Luchina to the aliens. "