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Gennadi Sarafanov

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Nationality
  
Soviet

Role
  
Cosmonaut

Time in space
  
2d 00h 12m

Space missions
  
Soyuz 15


Selection
  
Air Force Group 3

First space flight
  
Soyuz 15

Name
  
Gennadi Sarafanov

Other occupation
  
Pilot

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Died
  
September 29, 2005, Moscow, Russia

Rank
  
Colonel, Soviet Air Forces

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Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (Russian: Геннадий Васильевич Сарафанов; b. January 1, 1942 in Sinenkiye, Saratov Oblast, Russia – d. September 29, 2005, Moscow) 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.

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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.

He was awarded:

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
  • Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
  • Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

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