Musa Manarov | |
|---|---|
| Муса Манаров | |
 | |
| Born | (1951-03-22)22 March 1951 (age 74) |
| Status | Retired |
| Occupation | Flight engineer |
| Awards | |
| 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 22 March 1951) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.[1]
He was a colonel in theSoviet Air Force and graduated from theMoscow Aviation Institute with an engineering qualification in 1974. Musa was selected as acosmonaut on 1 December 1978.[1]
From 21 December 1987 to 21 December 1988, he flew asflight engineer onSoyuz 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 onSoyuz 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 theUnited Russia faction.
Manarov is married and has two children. He is an ethnicLak.[4][5] He lives in Moscow, while his mother still lives in Baku.
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