Aymakhanov Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Personal: Male, Married, One. Born in Dzhusaly, Kazakhstan. Soviet and Kazakh Air Forces. Graduated in 1988 from the Lenin Komsomol Higher Military Aviation School in Chernigov, Ukraine Soviet and Kazakh Air Forces. While nominally an active duty officer in the nearly-defunct Kazakh Air Force, he was involved in several business ventures, at the same time pursuing a degree in law, which he obtained in 2000.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Kazakhstan Group - 2002. Training Entered space service: 9 November 2002. Major in the Kazakh Air Force Reserve when selected as one of two Kazakh-cosmonauts. OKP (basic cosmonaut training): 16 June 2003 - 28 June 2005.