Talgat Musabayev

Talgat Musabayev
Талғат Мұсабаев
Musabayev in 2022
Member of the Senate
In office
13 July 2017 – 24 January 2023
Appointed byNursultan Nazarbayev
Personal details
Born (1951-01-07) 7 January 1951 (age 73)[1]
Kargaly, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
Political partyAmanat (2007–present)
OccupationTest pilot
AwardsHero of Kazakhstan
StatusRetired
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Current occupation
Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan
Time in space
341d 9h 48m[1]
Selection11 May 1990[1]
Total EVAs
7
Total EVA time
41 hours, 13 minutes
MissionsMir EO-16 (Soyuz TM-19), Mir EO-25 (Soyuz TM-27), ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32 / Soyuz TM-31)
Mission insignia

Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev (Kazakh: Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев, Talğat Amankeldıūly Mūsabaev; born 7 January 1951)[1] is a Kazakh politician, test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station Mir. His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito. He retired as a cosmonaut in November 2003.[1] Since 2007 he has been head of KazCosmos, Kazakhstan's National Space Agency.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Cosmonaut Biography: Talgat Musabayev". spacefacts.de.