Musa Khiramanovich Manarov Муса Хираманович Манаров | |
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| Born | March 22, 1951 |
| Nationality | Lak[1] |
| Occupation | Flight engineer |
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| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Colonel, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 541d 00h 28m |
| Selection | 1978 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), Mir EO-8 (Soyuz TM-11) |
Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: Муса Хираманович Манаров; born March 22, 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.[2]
He was a colonel in the Soviet Air Force and graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering qualification in 1974. Musa was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978.
From December 21, 1987 to December 21, 1988 he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4. The flight duration was 365 days 22 hours 38 minutes. From December 2, 1990 to May 26, 1991 he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days 1 hour 50 minutes,[3] the longest continuous time spent in space by anyone at that time. During his 176-day stay, Manarov observed the Earth and worked in space manufacturing. He also performed 20 hours of spacewalks.[4] Manarov lives in Russia.
Awards and honors
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Foreign awards:
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
- Order of Stara Planina (Republic of Bulgaria)
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov (Republic of Bulgaria)
- Order "The Sun of Freedom" (Afghanistan)
Personal life
Manarov is married with two children. He is an ethnic Lak.[5] He lives in Moscow, while his mother still lives in Baku.
See also
- List of Muslim astronauts
References
- ^ http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=894
- ^ 5-й созыв (2008-2011) Archived 2014-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Musa Khiramanovich
- ^ The Regents of the University of Michigan
- ^ Interview 1news.az (in Russian)