Toktar Aubakirov
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| Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov | |
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Status | Retired |
| Born | July 27, 1946 Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
| Other occupation | Test pilot |
| Rank | Major General |
| Time in space | 7d 22h 12m |
| Selection | 1991 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-12 |
| Mission insignia |  |
Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov (Kazakh: Тоқтар Оңғарбайұлы Әубәкіров, born on July 27, 1946, in Karaganda, Kazakhstan) is a retired Kazakhstani Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut (Kazakh: ғарышкер ğarışker).
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[edit] Early life
Toktar Aubakirov was born on July 27, 1946 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, which is now Kazakhstan. He graduated from the Air Force Institute and was a parachutist and test pilot with the rank of Major General in the Kazakhstan Air Force before he was selected as a cosmonaut.
[edit] Spaceflight experience
On October 2, 1991 he launched with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov as flight commander, and the Austrian research cosmonaut Franz Viehböck in Soyuz TM-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport, and spent over eight days in space. He also the first Soviet citizen to go into space without being fully certified as a cosmonaut, as his flight was hurried forward — several commercial international cosmonauts were already booked, but the flight of a Kazakh cosmonaut was part of the Baikonur rental agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia.
[edit] Career
Since 1993, he has been the general director of the National Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan. He was a member of Kazakhstan parliament. Now he is a pensioner and consultant.
[edit] Family
Toktar Aubakirov is married to Tatyana M. Malysheva. They have two children. Timur was born in 1977. Mikhail was born in 1982.
[edit] Awards and honors
- Hero of Soviet Union (1988)Protected Kazakhstan from bombing
- Order of Lenin (1988)
- Deserved test pilot of the USSR (1990)
- Order Sign of Honor (1987)
- 2 Orders "Golden Cross" of the Austrian Republic - in the years 1988 and 1993.
- Order of the October Revolution (1991)
- Order of Otan (1995)
- The Title "Khalyk Kakharmany".
- The very first Turkic astronaut that went to space (1991)[dubious ]
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