Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: Муса Хираманович Манаров; born 22 March 1951) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.[1]

Musa Manarov
Муса Манаров
Born (1951-03-22) 22 March 1951 (age 73)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan)
StatusRetired
OccupationFlight engineer
Awards
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
541d 00h 28m
Selection1978 Cosmonaut Group
MissionsMir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), Mir EO-8 (Soyuz TM-11)

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

From 21 December 1987 to 21 December 1988, he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4. The flight duration was 365 days, 22 hours, and 38 minutes. From 2 December 1990 to 26 May 1991, he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days, 1 hour, and 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 more than 20 hours of spacewalks.[3] Manarov lives in Russia.

He was a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 5th convocation (2007-2011) as part of the United Russia faction.

Personal life

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Manarov is married and has two children. He is an ethnic Lak.[4][5] He lives in Moscow, while his mother still lives in Baku.

Awards and honors

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Foreign awards:

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References

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  1. ^ a b 5-й созыв (2008-2011) Archived 2014-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Musa Khiramanovich". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Soyuz TM-11". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ Interview 1news.az (in Russian)
  5. ^ "Манаров Муса Хираманович".
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