Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (born January 1 1942 in Sinenkie) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 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. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.