Gennadi Sarafanov

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Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov
Gennadi Sarafanov
Cosmonaut
Nationality Soviet
Born January 1, 1942
Sinenkie, Russia
Died September 29, 2005
Other occupation Pilot
Rank Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Space time 2d 00h 12m
Selection Air Force Group 3
Missions Soyuz 15

Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (Russian: Геннадий Васильевич Сарафанов; (born January 1, 1942 in Sinenkie, died September 29, 2005) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission.

Sarafanov graduated from the Soviet Air Force academy and held the rank of Colonel.

He only made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space program in 1986 and lecturing in technology.

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