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Toktar Ongarbaevich Aubakirov Kazakhstani Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 17 July 1946. First Kazakh astronaut.

Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Karkaralinsk, Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Soviet Air Force Graduated from Air Force Institute Major General, Soviet Air Force Parachutist, test pilot.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Kazakhstan Group - 1991. Inactive Entered space service: 21 January 1991. Left space service: 10 October 1991. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.93 days. Cosmonaut training January 1990 - September 1990.

From January 1993 General Director of the National Aerospace Agency, Republic of Kazakhstan. He was also a member of parliament. Later a pensioner and consultant.

Aubakirov Spaceflight Log

  • 2 October 1991 Flight: Mir Austromir. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-13. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-12. Flight Time: 7.93 days.
Aubakirov Chronology

21 January 1991 - Kazakhstan Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Kazakh astronaut trained for flights to the Mir space station.

2 October 1991 - Soyuz TM-13. Manned three crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-10. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station an international crew comprising the cosmonauts A Volkov (USSR), T Aubakirov (USSR) and F. Viehbock (Austria), to conduct joint scientific and technical research with the cosmonauts A. Artsebarsky and S Krikalev. Austria paid $ 7 million for mission. Kazakh cosmonaut added at last minute.
10 October 1991 - Landing of Soyuz TM-12. Soyuz TM-12 landed at 04:11 GMT with the crew of Artsebarsky, Aubakirov and Viehboeck aboard.
1991 End - Soyuz TM-14A (cancelled). Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the original crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight.
1991 End - Soyuz TM-14B (cancelled). Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the second crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight and paying German researchers took their place in the final crew.
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Soyuz TM-13
Aubakirov on way to launch vehicle....
Credit- RKK Energia
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