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Talgat Amangeldyevich |
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Birthdate: | 07.01.1951 |
Birthplace: | Kargaly, Dzhampul Oblast, Kazakh SSR |
Marital status: | married |
Children: | two |
Selection date: | 11.05.1990 |
Selection group: | MGA / Kazakhstan |
Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
Status: | Ret. 27.11.2003 |
Date of death: | 03.08.2025 |
Place of death: | ? |
No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
1 | Soyuz TM-19 / Mir-16 | Flight Engineer | 01.07. - 04.11.1994 | 125d 22h 53m |
2 | Soyuz TM-27 / Mir-25 | Commander / Mir-Commander | 29.01. - 25.08.1998 | 207d 12h 49m |
3 | Soyuz TM-32 / Soyuz TM-31 | Commander | 28.04. - 06.05.2001 | 7d 22h 04m |
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Total | 341d 09h 46m |
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No. | Mission | Position |
1 | Soyuz TM-13 | Research Cosmonaut |
2 | Soyuz TM-18 | Flight Engineer |
3 | Soyuz TM-25 | Commander |
Graduated from Engineering Institute of Civil
Aviation, Riga, 1974; graduated from Higher Military Aviation School in
Akhtubinsk, 1983 with a engineering diploma; Candidate of technical sciences
degree, 2000; doctorate in technical sciences, 2007; aviation engineer;
received several awards as aerobatic flyer; was selected as cosmonaut on
11.05.1990 by
GMVK; 1991 appointed to Major and transferred to the
cosmonaut group of Air Force (TsPK-11);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 01.10.1990 -
13.09.1991; was assigned as double for
Soyuz TM-13; following his retirement he
became deputy head of the Zhukovsky academy and was appointed to Major General
(September 2003); was chief of the on 27.03.2007 founded National Spaceagency
of Kazakhstan. His documents will certainly show January 7, 1951 as date of birth, but his mother obviously "cheated" when giving the authorities his date of birth and concealed his real birthday (December 7, 1950). |
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