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Viehboeck, Franz Artur

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Viehboeck
Viehboeck
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Austrian engineer cosmonaut 1989-1991. First Austrian astronaut.

Electrical engineer. One of five Austrian candidates in 1992 ESA selection. He made the short list of 25 candidates, but was not selected in 1992 and 1998. Assistant professor at University of Vienna. Then became Rockwell International's Austrian representative. From April 1997, Director of International Programs at Boeing North American pace Systems Division in Downey, California. From July 1999 Boeing International, Vienna. From 1 September 2002 worked for an Austrian company.

More at: Viehboeck.

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Austria
Spacecraft
Mir
Bibliography
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Chronology

5 events

1960 August 24

  • Birth of Franz Artur Viehboeck - . Nation: Austria. Related Persons: Viehboeck. Austrian engineer cosmonaut 1989-1991. First Austrian astronaut. 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-13 (1991)..

1989 October 1

  • Austrian Commercial Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Austria. Related Persons: Lothaller, Viehboeck. The group was selected to provide Austrian candidates for the Austromir mission to the Mir space station..

1991 August

  • Soyuz TM-13A (cancelled) - . Crew: Kaleri, Viehboeck, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Lothaller, Viktorenko. Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-13A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial considerations and necessity of flying a Kazakh cosmonaut. This was the original crew assignment. Kaleri and Avdeyev were replaced by Kazakh researchers in the final crew..

1991 October 2

05:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.
  • Soyuz TM-13 - . Call Sign: Donbass (Donbass - River Don basin). Crew: Aubakirov, Viehboeck, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Lothaller, Musabayev, Viktorenko. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 63. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-12, Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-13 Austromir. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 175.12 days. Decay Date: 1992-03-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 21735 . COSPAR: 1991-069A. Apogee: 232 km (144 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 88.80 min.

    Manned three crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-10. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station an international crew comprising the cosmonauts A Volkov (USSR), T Aubakirov (USSR) and F. Viehbock (Austria), to conduct joint scientific and technical research with the cosmonauts A. Artsebarsky and S Krikalev. Austria paid $ 7 million for mission. Kazakh cosmonaut added at last minute.

1991 October 10