Musa Manarov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Musa Manarov

Soviet cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Baku

Profession: astronaut, engineer, politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: ???? ??????????? ???????; born March 22, 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former 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 December 1, 1978. From December 21, 1987 to December 21, 1988 he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4.
The flight duration was 365 days 22 hours 38 minutes.
From December 2, 1990 to May 26, 1991 he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11.
The duration was 175 days 1 hour 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 20 hours of spacewalks.
Manarov lives in Russia.