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Gennady Sarafanov

1942 - 2005

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gennady Sarafanov is the 209th most popular astronaut (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,826th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gennady Sarafanov ranks 209 out of 556. Before him are Laurel Clark, James C. Adamson, Karol J. Bobko, Ronald J. Garan Jr., Koichi Wakata, and Michael J. Adams. After him are Jon McBride, Loren Acton, Clifton Williams, Valery Korzun, Liu Yang, and Claudie Haigneré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gennady Sarafanov ranks 478. Before him are Tom Turesson, João Lourenço, Antoni Piechniczek, Bernard Darniche, Marcia Wallace, and Richard D. Wolff. After him are Lola Falana, Pedro Solbes, Pedro Morales, Chris Irwin, Danièle Thompson, and Paulos Faraj Rahho. Among people deceased in 2005, Gennady Sarafanov ranks 244. Before him are Karen Lancaume, Aulis Kallakorpi, Maurice Lafont, Klara Luchko, Isabella Bashmakova, and Brock Peters. After him are Kihachi Okamoto, Stéphane Bruey, Viktor Kapitonov, Jean Cayrol, Natalya Gundareva, and Paul Halla.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gennady Sarafanov ranks 1,826 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Vasilyev (1924), Vladimir Solovyov (1963), Zoya Fyodorova (1909), Sten Suvio (1911), Orest Khvolson (1852), and Alexey Favorsky (1860). After him are Mikhail Kozakov (1934), Ivan Perestiani (1870), Oleg Anofriyev (1930), Boris Babochkin (1904), Nikolai Tikhonov (1896), and Mikhail Solomentsev (1913).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Gennady Sarafanov ranks 52. Before him are Valentina Ponomaryova (1933), Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (1947), Viktor Savinykh (1940), Vladimir Solovyov (1946), Oleg Atkov (1949), and Yury Malyshev (1941). After him are Valery Korzun (1953), Yelena Kondakova (1957), Sergei Avdeyev (1956), Yuri Baturin (1949), Mikhail Tyurin (1960), and Aleksandr Laveykin (1951).

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