Gennady Sarafanov

Gennady Vasiliyevich Sarafanov
1974 CPA 4403.jpg
Born1 January 1942
DiedSeptember 29, 2005(2005-09-29) (aged 63)
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
2 days 0 hours 12 minutes
SelectionAir Force Group 3
MissionsSoyuz 15

Gennady Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (Russian: Геннадий Васильевич Сарафанов; 1 January 1942 – 29 September 2005) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This mission was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3, but failed to do so after the docking system malfunctioned.

Sarafanov was born in Sinenkiye, Saratov Oblast, USSR. He graduated from the Soviet Air Force academy and held the rank of Colonel.

He made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space programme in 1986 and subsequently lectured on technology. He died in Moscow, Russia.

He was awarded:


This page was last updated at 2022-02-09 11:12 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari