Abdul Ahad Mohmand The first and Only Afghan Who went to space
Abdul Ahad Mohmand was an Afghan citizen, he was born in Afghanistan and he trained
in USSR as a pilot. He went to space with help of Russians, he was suppose to go
with another afghan Mr Mohammad Dauran Ghulam Masum. But before the launch Mr Dauran
became sick, and couldn't go.
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Abdul Ahad Mohmand Status: Inactive.
Trained as: Cosmonaut.
Profession: Pilot.
Sex: Male.
Birth Date: 01 January 1959.
Birth Country:Afghanistan.
Nationality: Afghan.
Group: 1988 International Group 6.
Year Selected: 1988.
Departed: 1988.
Number of Flights: 1.
Total Time:8.85 days.
Comments: Afgan Air Force.
Originally backup; replaced Masum when latter had appendicitis.
Abdul Ahad Mohmand is an astronaut who was born on January 1, 1959,
in Afghanistan. Before he became an astronaut, Mohmand served in
the Afghan Air Force.
Mohmand became an astronaut in 1988. He became the first citizen of Afghanistan
to go into space. In 1988, Mohmand spent 9 days in
space aboard the Mir space station. He made observations
of Afghanistan during this mission.
Mohammad Dauran Ghulam Masum
Status: Inactive.
Trained as: Cosmonaut.
Profession: Pilot.
Sex: Male.
Birth Date: 01 January 1954.
Birth Country: Afghanistan.
Nationality: Afghan.
Group: 1988 International Group 6.
Year Selected: 1988.
Departed: 1988.
Comments: Afghan Air Force.
Originally prime crew. Day and month of
birth unknown.
Flight Detail
Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet-Afghan crew
comprising the cosmonauts V A Lyakhov, V V Polyakov and
A A Momand (Afghanistan) to conduct joint research
and experiments with the cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov.
Returned Manarov, Titov (Soyuz TM-4), Chretien (Soyuz TM-7) to Earth.
Initial orbit 195 X 228 km at 51. 57
deg. Maneuvered to a 235 x 259 km orbit, then docked with Mir at 05:41 GMT on 31
August at its 339 x 366 km orbit.
Moved from aft to forward port 8 Sept 88. Undocked 03:33
GMT 21 December 1989.
Revised software installed as a result of TM-5 abort overloaded computer.
Landing planned for 06:48 aborted. Backup program used. Orbital Module
retained through retrofire.
Recovered December 21, 1988 09:57 GMT. Landed 180 km SE Dzhezkazgan.
Kabul From Space
Kabul, Afghanistan area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 39th
revolution of the earth.
Photographed from an altitude of 127 nautical miles, at ground
elapsed time of 61 hours and 20 minutes.
Also, visible in picture are the Panjshir River and the Koh-i-Baba Mountains.
Afghanistan From Space
A northwest-looking view across Pakistan, eastern Iran and Afghanistan as photographed
from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during
his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight.
List of Countries Who send Man in Space
Afghanistan Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Cuba
Czechoslovakia France GDR Germany Hungary India
Italy Japan Kazakhstan Mexico Mongolia Netherlands
Poland Romania Saudi Arabia Slovakia Spain Switzerland
Syria Ukraine United Kingdom USA Vietnam
Total Time:8.85 days.
Poland Romania Saudi Arabia Slovakia Spain Switzerland
