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Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn 'Gurr'
Mongolian pilot cosmonaut 1978-1981. First Mongolian astronaut. Graduated from Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, 1977. Aeronautic engineer, Mongolian Air Force. From 2000 Mongolian Secretary of Defense.
Status: Inactive; Active 1978-1981. Born: 1947-12-05. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 7.86 days. Birth Place: Gurvan-Bulak.
After air force duty, chief of a scientific institute in Ulan Bator, then Deputy Chief of Central Board of Defense, prior to becoming Secretary of Defence.
More at: Gurragcha.
Family:
Cosmonaut.
Country:
Mongolia.
Spacecraft:
Salyut 6.
Flights:
Soyuz 39.
Agency:
Mongolian AF.
Bibliography:
4452.
1947 December 5 - .
- Birth of Gurragcha Jugderdemidiin 'Gurr' - .
Nation: Mongolia.
Related Persons: Gurragcha.
Mongolian pilot cosmonaut 1978-1981. First Mongolian astronaut. Graduated from Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, 1977. Aeronautic engineer, Mongolian Air Force. From 2000 Mongolian Secretary of Defense. 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz 39 (1981).
1978 March 1 - .
- Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr,
Dediu,
Farkas,
Ganzorig,
Gurragcha,
Ivanov, Georgi,
Lopez Falcon,
Magyari,
Prunariu,
Tamayo Mendez.
Training group of potential 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station..
1981 March 22 - .
14:58 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC31.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U.
1981 March 30 - .
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