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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Karkaralinsk, Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Soviet Air Force Graduated from Air Force Institute Major General, Soviet Air Force Parachutist, test pilot. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Kazakhstan Group - 1991. Inactive Entered space service: 21 January 1991. Left space service: 10 October 1991. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.93 days. Cosmonaut training January 1990 - September 1990. From January 1993 General Director of the National Aerospace Agency, Republic of Kazakhstan. He was also a member of parliament. Later a pensioner and consultant.
Aubakirov Spaceflight Log
Aubakirov Chronology 21 January 1991 - Kazakhstan Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Kazakh astronaut trained for flights to the Mir space station. 2 October 1991 - Soyuz TM-13. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-10, Mir Austromir, Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. 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. 10 October 1991 - Landing of Soyuz TM-12. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir Austromir, Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Soyuz TM-12 landed at 04:11 GMT with the crew of Artsebarsky, Aubakirov and Viehboeck aboard. 1991 End - Soyuz TM-14A (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz TM-14A. Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the original crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight. 1991 End - Soyuz TM-14B (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz TM-14B. Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the second crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight and paying German researchers took their place in the final crew. Bibliography and Further Reading
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