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Personal: Male, Married, Three children. Born in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian Air Force Graduated from Military Pilot School, Aleppo, 1973 Syrian Air Force. Colonel and pilot in the Syrian Air Force. Specialist in navigation. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: International Group - 1985. Inactive Entered space service: 30 September 1985. Left space service: 30 July 1987. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.96 days. Returned to the Syrian Air Force after his mission, ultimately settling in Aleppo.
Faris Spaceflight Log
Faris Chronology 30 September 1985 - International Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Training group of Syrian 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. 22 July 1987 - Soyuz TM-3. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz TM-3, Mir EP-1, Mir EO-2, Mir LD-1. Manned three crew. Transported to the Mir orbital space station a Soviet-Syrian crew comprising cosmonauts A S Viktorenko, A P Aleksandrov and M A Faris to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts Y Romanenko and A Laveykin. Maneuvered from initial 231 X 217 km orbit to Mir's 311 X 359 km orbit. Docked with rear Mir port at 3:30 GMT 24 July. Undocked with rear port 30 July and docked to forward port. 30 July 1987 - Landing of Soyuz TM-2. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Soyuz TM-3, Mir EP-1, Mir EO-2, Mir LD-1. Undocked from Mir at 8:34 GMT on 29 July. The Orbital Module was jettisoned before retrofire and left in a 308 X 356 orbit. Soyuz TM-2 landed at 01:05 GMT with the crew of Faris, Laveykin and Viktorenko aboard. Bibliography and Further Reading
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