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Biography of Gennadi Sarafanov - Astronaut
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Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (Russian language|Russian: Геннади& #1081; Василье& #1074;ич Сарафан& #1086;в; born January 1 1942 in Sinenkie) was a Soviet Union|Soviet astronaut|cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 crewed space mission|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 programme in 1986 and lecturing in technology.

