Which Happened First?

Gennadi Sarafanov

Gennadi Sarafanov
Image: USSR Post · Public domain · source

Gennady Vasiliyevich Sarafanov 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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezJanuary 29, 1942 – present
  2. Bill NelsonSeptember 29, 1942 – present
  3. Gennadi Sarafanov (this page)January 1, 1942 – September 29, 2005
  4. Toyohiro AkiyamaJuly 22, 1942 – August 26, 2026
  5. Valeri PolyakovApril 27, 1942 – September 7, 2022
  6. Vladimir KovalyonokMarch 3, 1942 – present

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