{"id":259,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/259/?format=json","name":"Gennadi Strekalov","status":{"id":11,"name":"Deceased"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"agency":{"id":63,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=json","name":"Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)","type":"Government"},"date_of_birth":"1940-10-26","date_of_death":"2004-12-25","nationality":"Russian","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; October 26, 1940 – December 25, 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut-6, Salyut-7, and Mir space stations, spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gennadi2520strekalov_image_20181201221605.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185305.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Strekalov","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"1995-03-14T06:11:34Z","first_flight":"1980-11-27T14:18:28Z"}