Abdul Ahad Momand is an Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan astronaut to journey to outer space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut.
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Valeri PolyakovAlso won Order of the Sun of Liberty
Vladimir DzhanibekovAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Aleksandr SerebrovAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Musa ManarovAlso won Order of the Sun of Liberty
Vladimir LyakhovAlso won Hero of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Mohammad NajibullahAlso won Hero of the Democratic Republic of AfghanistanAbout this person
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GermanyType
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Dates
Born 1959 · age 67
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