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Musa Manarov

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

Musa Manarov
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(1951-03-22) 22 March 1951Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan)
Retired
Flight engineer
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Space career
Colonel, Soviet Air Force
541d 00h 28m
1978 Cosmonaut Group
7 (3 during Mir EO-3, 4 during Mir Eo-8)
34h, 32m
Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), Mir EO-8 (Soyuz TM-11)

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

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.

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, 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. 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.

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

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)
List of Muslim astronauts
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