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Grechko Georgy Mikhailovich was born on May 25, 1931 in Leningrad. His dad was a Russian employee, his mom was a visitor from the city of Chashniki, which is located in Belarus. 1955, Georgy Mikhailovich graduated with honors from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute and began working at OKB-1.

Was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Since 1966 he was in the cosmonaut corps. From 1968 to 1969, Georgy Grechko was a member of a group of Soviet cosmonauts who were preparing for Soviet programs to fly around the moon and land on it. Such flights were canceled in 1968, after the first flight around the satellite of the American "Apollo 8". Another flight, in which Georgy Mikhailovich would have remained in orbit near the Moon, was also not realized.

In 1975, for almost a whole month, he was in space flight on a ship called Soyuz 17, where he held the position of an onboard engineer. The spacecraft was docked with the Salyut-4 orbital station, which was then in orbit.

In 1977, for ninety-six and a half days, he was in flight on the Soyuz-26 spacecraft, where he was also a flight engineer. After the spacecraft docked to the orbital station, several spacecraft and one transport-cargo ship were also docked to it during the flight. Georgy Grechko was not very fond of photography, so there are only a few photos with a young smiling astronaut who had just arrived from orbit.

When Georgy Mikhailovich turned 54, he realized his third flight into space, where he was also a flight engineer. In addition, the cosmonaut was the host of television programs, and the roles of Georgy Grechko in films were reduced to playing himself. Several documentaries have been shot about the famous cosmonaut. Also Georgy Mikhailovich is the author of several books about space and flights into it.

Georgy Grechko has brown eyes, naturally dark hair color, fair skin and full lips. The shape of the face is round, the forehead is high, the hair is straight, gray. Georgy Grechko does not change hair color, preferring natural. The astronaut has a small, wide nose and a rounded chin. The astronaut's height is 184 cm, no tattoos.

Zodiac sign - Gemini (05/25/1931)

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