Cosmonaut Georgy Grechko, Launched to Salyut Space Stations, Dies at 85
Monday, April 10, 2017 - 11:11
in Astronomy & Space
Soviet-era cosmonaut Georgy Grechko, who in 1977 performed the first spacewalk using a Russian spacesuit design still in use today on the International Space Station, has died. He was 85. Grechko flew on three missions to Russia's Salyut space stations.