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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Jablah, Syria. Syrian Air Force Graduated from Military Pilot School, Aleppo, 1973 Syrian Air Force. Pilot and Lieutenant Colonel, Syrian Air Force. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: International Group - 1985. Inactive Entered space service: 30 September 1985. Left space service: 30 July 1987. Resumed military service.
Munir 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. 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. Bibliography:
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