Faris, Muhammed Achmed
Person · Syria
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Arab-Syrian pilot cosmonaut 1985-1987. First Syrian to fly in space. Graduated from Military Pilot School, Aleppo, 1973. Colonel and pilot in the Syrian Air Force. Specialist in navigation. Returned to duty after his mission.
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1951 May 26
- Birth of Mohammed Ahmed Faris - .
Nation: Syria.
Related Persons: Faris.
Arab-Syrian pilot cosmonaut 1985-1987. First Syrian to fly in space. Graduated from Military Pilot School, Aleppo, 1973. Colonel and pilot in the Syrian Air Force. Specialist in navigation. Returned to duty after his mission. 1 spaceflight, 8.0 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-3 (1987).
1985 September 30
- International Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Syria. Related Persons: Faris, Habib. Training group of Syrian 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station..
1987 July 22
01:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- Soyuz TM-3 - .
Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Aleksandrov,
Faris,
Viktorenko.
Backup Crew: Habib,
Savinykh,
Solovyov.
Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 53. Mass: 7,100 kg (15,600 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Mir.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-2,
Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1,
Soyuz TM-3,
Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Duration: 160.30 days. Decay Date: 1987-12-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 18222 . COSPAR: 1987-063A. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). Perigee: 297 km (184 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.00 min.
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.
1987 July 30
- Landing of Soyuz TM-2 - . Return Crew: Faris, Laveykin, Viktorenko. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Faris, Laveykin, Viktorenko. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1, Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1. Undocked from Mir at 8:34 GMT on 29 July. The Orbital Module was jettisoned before retrofire and left in a 308 X 356 orbit. Soyuz TM-2 landed at 01:05 GMT with the crew of Faris, Laveykin and Viktorenko aboard..