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Dauran-Ghulam Masum, Mohammed

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Masum Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1988-1988. Born: 1954-01-20. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 8.85 days. Birth Place: Nidgrab District.

Afghan Air Force pilot. Selected for prime crew of Soyuz TM-6, but was replaced by Mohmand. The reason was not appendicitis, as publicly given. Dauran-Ghulam (Servant of Good Fortune) was an additional name he assumed. After cosmonaut service, he returned to the Afghan Air Force, reaching the tank of Major General. He later fled to Germany, becoming a German citizen, changed name to Mohmand Abdulahad, worked in a printing service.

• Birth of Mohammad Dauran Ghulam Masum - . Nation: Afghanistan. Related Persons: Masum. Afghani pilot cosmonaut, 1988. 1 spaceflight, 8.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-6 (1988)..

• International Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Afghanistan. Related Persons: Masum, Mohmand. Training group of Afghan 'guest cosmonauts' for a propaganda flight to the Mir space station..

• Soyuz TM-6 - . Call Sign: Proton (Proton ). Crew: Lyakhov, Mohmand, Polyakov. Backup Crew: Arzamazov, Berezovoi, Masum. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 56. Mass: 7,070 kg (15,580 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-4, Soyuz TM-6, Soyuz TM-6 Mir LD-2. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 114.23 days. Decay Date: 1988-12-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 19443 . COSPAR: 1988-075A. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.70 min.

  Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet-Afghan crew comprising the cosmonauts V A Lyakhov, V V Polyakov and A A Momand (Afghanistan) to conduct joint research and experiments with the cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Returned Manarov, Titov (Soyuz TM-4), Chretien (Soyuz TM-7) to Earth. Initial orbit 195 X 228 km at 51. 57 deg. Maneuvered to a 235 x 259 km orbit, then docked with Mir at 05:41 GMT on 31 August at its 339 x 366 km orbit. Moved from aft to forward port 8 Sept 88.