Talghat Mussabaev
Talghat Mussabaev | |
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Country: | USSR / Russia / Kazakhstan |
selected on | May 11, 1990 |
Calls: | 3 space flights |
Start of the first space flight: |
July 1, 1994 |
Landing of the last space flight: |
May 6, 2001 |
Time in space: | 341d 9h 48min |
EVA inserts: | 7th |
EVA total duration: | 41h 13min |
retired on | November 27, 2003 |
Space flights | |
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Talgat Musabayev Amankeldiuly ( Kazakh -kyrillisch Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев , Russian Талгат Амангельдиевич Мусабаев * 7. January 1951 in Qarghaly , Kazakh SSR ) is a former Kazakh cosmonaut .
Space flights
Mussabaev was flight engineer on Soyuz TM-19 flight in 1994 and commander of Soyuz TM-27 flight in 1998.
He was also the Soyuz commander in the space flight of the first space tourist Dennis Tito . On April 28, 2001, he took off for the International Space Station with Soyuz TM-32 . Two days later, on April 30, the spacecraft docked at the station at 7:59 a.m. UTC. After almost 6 working days, Mussabaev and his two colleagues landed with Soyuz TM-31 on May 6, 2001 in the Kazakh steppe.
Summary
No. | mission | function | Function on ward | Flight period | Flight duration |
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1 | Soyuz TM-19 | Flight engineer | Flight engineer | 01.07. - 04.11.1994 | 125d 22h 53m |
2 | Soyuz TM-27 | commander | commander | 29.01. - 08/25/1998 | 207d 12h 51m |
3 | Soyuz TM-32 / 31 | commander | Flight engineer | 04/28 - 05/06/2001 | 7d 22h 04m |
After the astronaut work
Since March 2007 he has been director of Kazakhstan's National Space Agency KazCosmos . On January 20, 2016, he was also appointed Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan with a term until December 31, 2017. Mussabaev is Lieutenant General in the Kazakh Air Force and Major General in the Russian Air Force.
Private
Mussabaev is married and has two children.
See also
Web links
- spacefacts.de: biography
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mussabaev, Talghat |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Мұсабаев, Талғат Аманкелдіұлы; Musabaev, Talğat Amankeldiulı |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kazakh cosmonaut |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Qarghaly , Kazakh SSR |