About Georgi Katys
Lived 1926 – 2017 (aged 90). Georgi Katys was a Russian astronautical engineer and astronaut.
Georgi Petrovich Katys (; 31 August 1926 7 August 2017 ) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Georgi Katys was born on 31 August 1926. Candidate of technical sciences degree from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School, Moscow 1953. He was selected as a cosmonaut on 28 May 1964. Later he became the chief of AN cosmonaut group. He was assigned as for Voskhod 1.
He was involved in the development of Lunokhod, the Soviet Moon Rover. Since 1984, a Professor at Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation. He was also a member of Russian Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of Cosmonautics.
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Who was Georgi Katys?
Soviet cosmonaut (1926-2017)
When was Georgi Katys born?
Georgi Katys was born on 31 August 1926 in Moscow.
When did Georgi Katys die?
Georgi Katys died on 7 August 2017.
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Georgi Katys was an astronautical engineer and astronaut.
What nationality was Georgi Katys?
Georgi Katys was Russian.
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