Soyuz 15 (Russian: Union 15) was a 1974 manned space flight which was to have been the second mission to the Soviet Union's Salyut 3 space station with presumably military objectives. Read more
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. Read more