Toqtar Aubakirov
| Toqtar Aubakirov | |
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| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| selected on | January 21, 1991 |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | October 2, 1991 |
| Landing: | October 10, 1991 |
| Time in space: | 7d 22h 12min |
| retired on | October 1991 |
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Toqtar Onggharbajuly Äubäkirow ( Kazakh -kyrillisch Тоқтар Оңғарбайұлы Әубәкіров , Kazakh-Latin Toqtar Oñğarbayulı Äwbäkirov ; Russian Токтар Онгарбаевич Аубакиров / Toktar Ongarbajewitsch Aubakirow * 27 July 1946 in Karaganda , Kazakh SSR ) is a former Kazakh military pilot and cosmonaut . In 1991 he was the first Kazakh in space.
career
Äubäkirow graduated from the Air Force Academy and held the rank of major general in the Soviet Air Force as a parachutist and test pilot before he was selected as a cosmonaut.
As part of his work as a test pilot, he was involved in the development of the MiG-31 , among other things . In order to complete long-term patrol flights, some pilots carried out test flights of up to 5 hours. For example, Äubäkirow flew several times near the Arctic Circle to check the navigation system.
On October 2, 1991, he started together with the Austrian Franz Viehböck and the Soviet citizen Alexander Volkov with Soyuz TM-13 from the Kazakh spaceport Baikonur ( Baiqongyr in Kazakh ) and spent eight days in space .
Even before the collapse of the Soviet Union , the Kazakh SSR had declared itself independent from the Soviet Union on August 29, 1991 , and Kazakhstan had no recognized status at that time. He was the first former Soviet citizen to fly into space without a formal cosmonaut training because he was preferred. It is believed that the participation of a Kazakh cosmonaut was part of the terms of the Baikonur contract between Kazakhstan and the then Soviet Union.
From 1993 until his retirement he was Director General of the National Aviation and Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He was also a member of the Kazakh parliament.
See also
- Manned space travel
- List of spacemen
- List of manned space flights
- List of Soyuz missions
- Soyuz (spaceship)
- Russian space travel
Web links
- spacefacts.de: Short biography
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| SURNAME | Äubäkirow, Toqtar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Äubäkirow, Toqtar Onggharbajuly (full name); Әубәкіров, Тоқтар Оңғарбайұлы (Kazakh-Cyrillic); Äwbäkirov, Toqtar Oñğarbayulı (Kazakh-Latin); Аубакиров, Токтар Онгарбаевич (Russian); Aubakirow, Toktar Ongarbayevich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kazakh military pilot and spaceman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karagandy , Kazakh SSR |