Spaceflight Experience
Strekalov had worked as an engineer at RSC Energia since graduation from the N. E. Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School. He was involved in experimental investigations and testing of space technology. He held the degree of candidate of technical sciences. He independently developed and released documentation for a series of enterprise-related products. As part of an operations group, he participated in mission control for flights of scientific research vehicles belonging to the Academy of Sciences. In January 1974, he began training as a crew member for a mission aboard the Soyuz spacecraft as a flight engineer and, in 1976, was part of the backup crew for the Soyuz 22 mission.
Starting October 1978, he underwent flight training to be the flight engineer for a Soyuz expedition to visit the long-term Salyut space station. From November 27 to December 10 of 1980, he successfully completed an experimental mission aboard the Soyuz T-3 spacecraft as a research engineer as part of the crew composed of L. D. Kizim, O. G. Malcarov, and G. M. Strekalov. During the flight, a docking of the Soyuz T-3 spacecraft with the Salyut 6-Process-11 orbital complex was accomplished.
From June 1981 to April 1983, he underwent direct flight training to be the flight engineer of the primary expedition for a mission aboard the Soyuz-T spacecraft and the long-term Salyut 7 orbiting station. In the period from 20 - 22 April 1983, he flew aboard the Soyuz T-8 spacecraft as part of a crew comprising V. G. Titov, G. M. Strekalov, and A. A Screbrov.
From 3 to April 11 of 1984, he participated in a third space mission aboard the Salyut-7 orbital scientific-research complex as part of an international Soviet-Indian crew including Yu. V. Malishev, G. M. Strekalov, and R. Sharma, of India.
In the period from 1 August to 10 December 1990, he completed a fourth space fight as flight engineer of the seventh primary expedition to the Soyuz TM-10 station and the Mir orbital scientific-research complex as part of a crew including G. M. Manakov and G. M. Strekalov.
From 3 October to 4 November 1994, he was flight engineer of the Soyuz TM-21 / Mir EO-18 / STS-71 mission.
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