Russian cosmonaut Grechko dies at 85
MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian space agency Roscosmos said Soviet-era cosmonaut Georgy Grechko died at age 85.
Grechko made three trips into space between 1975 and 1985, spending a total of 134 days above the Earth. His longest was a stay of more than three months aboard the Salyut-6 space station from 1977-78.
Grechko later became a cosmonaut instructor and joined the faculty at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Atmospheric Physics.
The Roscosmos statement Saturday did not state a cause of death or give information on survivors.