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Musa (Mussachi) Khiramanovich Manarov Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 22 March 1951. 541 cumulative days in space.

Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan. Korolev Design Bureau Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering diploma in 1974 Russian Air Force Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Energia Engineer Group 5 - 1978. Inactive Entered space service: 1 December 1978. Left space service: 23 July 1992. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 541.02 days. Number of EVAs: 7.00. Total EVA Time: 1.44 days. Complete Prename: Mussachi.

Later a Director of Smolsat.

Manarov Spaceflight Log

  • 21 December 1987 Flight: Mir EO-3. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-4. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-6. Flight Time: 365.94 days.
  • 2 December 1990 Flight: Mir EO-8. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-11. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-11. Flight Time: 175.08 days.
Manarov Chronology

1 December 1978 - Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 5 selected..

1986 Early - Soyuz T-15A (cancelled). Final expedition to Salyut 7 station was cancelled when control was lost.
21 December 1987 - Soyuz TM-4. Mir Expedition EO-03. Carried Musa Manarov, Anatoly Levchenko, Vladimir Titov to Mir; returned crew of Soyuz TM-5 to Earth. Orbits 168 x 243 km, 255 x 296 km, 333 x 359 km. Docked with Mir 12:51 GMT 23 December. 30 December moved to forward port.
26 February 1988 - EVA Mir EO-3-1. Completed solar array installation. Inspected exterior of station.
30 June 1988 - EVA Mir EO-3-2. Began repair of TTM telescope.
20 October 1988 - EVA Mir EO-3-3. Completed repair of TTM telescope. Tested new spacesuit.
21 December 1988 - Landing of Soyuz TM-6. Soyuz TM-6 landed at 09:57 GMT with the crew of Chretien, Manarov and Titov Vladimir aboard. Undocked from Mir 21 December 1989 at 03:33 GMTwith the crew of Chretien, Manarov and Titov Vladimir aboard. Revised software installed as a result of TM-5 abort overloaded computer. Landing planned for 06:48 aborted. Backup program used. Orbital Module retained through retrofire. Landed December 21, 1988 09:57 GMT, 180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan.
1 August 1990 - Soyuz TM-10. Manned two crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-07. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the crew consisting of the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov for the purpose of carrying out a programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, biological and biotechnological experiments, and work on space-materials science.
2 December 1990 - Soyuz TM-11. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-08. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the international crew consisting of the cosmonauts V M Afanasyev, M Kh Manarov, and T Akiyami (Japan) for the purpose of carrying out joint work with the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov. Launched jointly with the private Japanese company TBS. The Japanese television network ended up paying $ 28 million for the first commercial flight to Mir to put Akiyama, the first journalist in space aboard Soyuz TM-11. Akiyama made daily television broadcasts.
7 January 1991 - EVA Mir EO-8-1. Completed repair of Kvant 2 hatch.
23 January 1991 - EVA Mir EO-8-2. Installed Strela boom on Mir.
26 January 1991 - EVA Mir EO-8-3. Installed solar array supports.
26 April 1991 - EVA Mir EO-8-4. Inspected Kurs docking system antenna.
26 May 1991 - Landing of Soyuz TM-11. Soyuz TM-11 landed at 10:03 GMT with the crew of Afanasyev, Manarov and Sharman aboard.
Bibliography:
Soyuz TM-11
Afanasyev and Manarov walk to launch vehicle....
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