Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1974.
1Flight
2dTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov ( 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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Sinenkie
- Education
- Balashov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots; Gagarin Air Force Academy
- Awards
- Guards unit; Hero of the Soviet Union; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; and 11 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz | Soyuz 15August 26, 1974 · 19:58 UTC
Born 1942-01-01 · died 2005-09-29, aged 63