Toktar Aubakirov

Toktar Aubakirov
Тоқтар Әубәкіров
Toktar Aubakirov on a 1999 stamp of Kazakhstan
Born (1946-07-27) 27 July 1946 (age 78)
StatusRetired
NationalityKazakh
OccupationTest pilot
AwardsHero of Kazakhstan
Hero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankMajor General
Time in space
7d 22h 12m
Selection1991 Cosmonaut Group
MissionsSoyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-12
Mission insignia

Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov (Kazakh: Тоқтар Оңғарбайұлы Әубәкіров (Toqtar Oñğarbaiūly Äubäkırov), Russian: Токтар Онгарбаевич Аубакиров, born on 27 July 1946) is a retired Kazakh Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut. He is the first person from Kazakhstan to go to space.[1]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)