Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Gennadi Sarafanov, Soyuz 15 cosmonaut, born 1942


Gennadi Sarafanov, born January 1, 1942 in the former Soviet Union, went into space aboard Soyuz 15 in August 1974. He and fellow cosmonaut Lev Dyomin were to dock with Salyut 3 space station but the mission was aborted after docking failed.  It was his only spaceflight before retiring.

He passed away in September 2005.


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