Musa Manarov

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov Муса Хираманович Манаров
Born	(1951-03-22) March 22, 1951 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Nationality	USSR
Occupation	Flight engineer
Awards	Order of the October Revolution Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	541d 00h 28m
Selection	1978 Cosmonaut Group
Missions	Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), Mir EO-8 (Soyuz TM-11)

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: Муса Хираманович Манаров; born March 22, 1951) is a Soviet Azerbaijani former cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.

He was a colonel at the Soviet Air Force and graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering diploma in 1974. Musa was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978.

From December 21, 1987 to December 21, 1988 he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4. The duration was 365 days 22 hours 38 minutes. From December 2, 1990 to May 26, 1991 he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days 1 hour 50 minutes, the longest continuous time spent in space by anyone at that time. During his 176-day stay, Manarov observed the Earth and worked in space manufacturing. He also performed 20 hours of spacewalks. Manarov currently lives in Russia.

Awards and honors

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

Foreign awards:

• Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
• Order of Stara Planina (Republic of Bulgaria)
• Order of Georgi Dimitrov (Republic of Bulgaria)
• Order "The Sun of Freedom" (Afghanistan)

Personal life

Manarov is married with two children. Ethnic Lak.

See also

• List of Muslim astronauts