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Personal: Male, Married, Five children. Born in Nidgrab District, Afghanistan. Afghan Air Force Afghan Air Force Afghan Air Force pilot Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: International Group - 1988. Inactive Entered space service: 12 February 1988. Left space service: 7 September 1988. 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.
Masum Chronology 12 February 1988 - International Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Training group of Afghan 'guest cosmonauts' for a propaganda flight to the Mir space station. 29 August 1988 - Soyuz TM-6. 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. Bibliography:
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