- Franz Viehböck
Infobox Astronaut
name =Franz Viehböck
type =ASA Astronaut
nationality =Austria n
date_birth =August 24 1960
place_birth =Vienna ,Austria
occupation =Electrical engineer
selection =1989
time =7d 22h 12m
mission =Soyuz TM-13 ,Soyuz TM-12
insignia =|Franz Artur Viehböck (born
August 24 1960 inVienna ) is anAustria n electrical engineer, and was Austria's firstastronaut .Together with
Clemens Lothaller , he was selected for the Soviet-Austrian space project "Austromir 91". After two years of training he was chosen for the mission, and launched onOctober 2 1991 together with the Russian cosmonauts Alexander A. Volkov and the KazakhToktar Aubakirov inSoyuz TM-13 from theBaikonur Cosmodrome spaceport .At the
Mir space station he conducted 15 experiments in the fields of space medicine, physics and space technology, together with the cosmonautsAnatoly Artsebarsky andSergey Krikalev . Viehböck returned after 7 days and 22 hours withSoyuz TM-12 , and landed inKazakhstan onOctober 10 .The following two years he gave numerous lectures on the mission, then went to the
United States and worked for Rockwell. When Rockwell was taken over byBoeing he became Director for International Business Development inVienna . Later he was assigned "Technologiebeauftragter" (technology coordinator) ofLower Austria .Viehböck resides in
Berndorf . He is married, his daughter Carina was born during his space mission.ee also
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Timeline of astronauts by nationality
*List of astronauts by name External links
* [http://www.franzviehboeck.com/ Franz Viehböck site]
* [http://www.austromir.at/english/e_index.html Project AUSTROMIR 91 site]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/viehboeck_franz.htm Spacefacts biography of Franz Viehböck]
* [http://www.austromir.at/english/downloads/e_abkommen.pdf Official agreement on the flight]
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