Musa Manarov

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet, Azerbaijani
Born	March 22, 1951 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Other occupation	Flight engineer
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), Soyuz TM-11

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: Муса Хираманович Манаров, Azerbaijani: Musa Manarov) was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR on March 22, 1951.^[1]

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. He is currently married with two children.

From December 21, 1987 - 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 - May 26, 1991 he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days 1 hour 50 minutes,^[2] 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.^[3]

Manarov logged a total of 541 days in space.^[4]

See also

• List of Muslim astronauts

References

1. ^ Муса Хираманович Манаров (Russian)
2. ^ Musa Khiramanovich
3. ^ The Regents of the University of Michigan
4. ^ 5-й созыв (2008-2011)(Russian)

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Name	Manarov, Musa
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Date of birth	March 22, 1951
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
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