Biographies of all cosmonauts from the Austromir-91 mission


AUBAKIROV Toktar Ongarbayevich
Toktar Ongarbayevich Aubakirov (Board engineer). Photo: BMBWK, Vienna
Personal data
Date of birth: 27 July 1946
Place of birth: Kolkhoz “1. May” / Oblast Karaganda / Kazakh SSR
Family status: married
Children: 2
Selection: 21 January 1991
Function: Board engineer
Status: separated on 10 October 1991
Space flights
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1 Soyuz TM-13 Board engineer 02.10.1991 – 10.10.1991 7d 22h 12m
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General major of the air fleet of Kazakhstan; parachutist, graduate of the airforce academy; test pilot; on 21 Jan. 1991 from the GMWK selected as cosmonaut; OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/90 – 9/90; since Jan. 1993 general manager from the National Air- and Space Agency of Kazakhstan; then member of Parliament.


LOTHALLER Clemens
Clemens Lothaller (Scientific cosmonaut). Photo: BMBWK, Vienna
Personal data
Date of birth: 8 May 1963
Place of birth: Vienna
Family status: married
Children: 2
Selection: 6 October 1989
Function: Scientific cosmonaut
Status: separated on 10 October 1991
Space flights
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Doctoral level; Doctor; selected as Franz Viehboeck´s Backup (Soyuz TM-13); works in a hospital in Vienna as specialist for neurosurgery and as deputy of the department of neurosurgery in the SMZ-Ost in Vienna; hobbies: music, reading, skiing, tennis, sailboarding, riding, triathlon (participated and finished e.g. 2007, 2008 and 2009 the Carinthian-IRONMAN Austria in Klagenfurt); one of five candidates from Austria for the ESA astronaut selection in 1992; was on a list of 25 candidates for the European Astronauts Board Selection (EASB), not selected 1992 or 1998.


MUSABAYEV Talgat Amangeldyevich
Talgat Amangeldyevich Musabayev (Board engineer). Photo: BMBWK, Vienna
Personal data
Date of birth: 7 January 1951
Place of birth: Kargaly / Oblast Dshampul / Kazakh SSR
Family status: married
Children: 2
Selection: 11 May 1990
Function: Board engineer
Status: separated on 27 November 2003
Space flights
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Duration of flight
1 Soyuz TM-19 Board engineer 01.07.1994 – 04.11.1994 125d 22h 53m
2 Soyuz TM-27 Commandant 29.01.1998 – 25.08.1998 207d 12h 51m
3 Soyuz TM-32 Commandant 28.04.2001 – 06.05.2001 7d 22h 04m
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Graduated the higher aeronautical engineer military school (WIAWU) „Leninscher Komsomol“ in Riga, 1974; certificat of the higher flying school in Aktjubinsk as graduated engineer, 1983; received 2000 a graduate as candidate from the technical science; decorated stunt pilot; aeronautical engineer; on 11 May 1990 from the GMWK selected as cosmonaut; 1991 nomination as major and changing to the airforce cosmonaut group (ZPK-11); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1 Oct. 1990 – 13 Sept. 1991; double for the Soyuz TM-13 mission; after the separate he became assistant chairman of the Shukowski-Academy and general major (Sept. 2003).


VIEHBOECK Franz
Franz Viehboeck (Scientific cosmonaut). Photo: BMBWK, Vienna
Personal data
Date of birth: 24 August 1960
Place of birth: Vienna
Family status: married
Children: 2
Selection: 6 October 1989
Function: Scientific cosmonaut
Status: separated on 10 October 1991
Space flights
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Duration of flight
1 Soyuz TM-13 Scientific cosmonaut 02.10.1991 – 10.10.1991 7d 22h 12m
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Engineer for electro-technics; doctoral level; university assistant for measurement; later assistant professor on the university of Vienna; then worked for Rockwell International; in April 1997 Director of International Programs for Boeing North American Inc., in the Space Systems Division, in Downey, California; from July 1999 to 1 Sept. 2002 Viehboeck worked for the Boeing International Corp. in Vienna; Franz Viehboeck is now Director in an Austrian group; hobbies: music, playing piano, travelling, sport (water polo, skiing, tennis); one of five candidates from Austria for the ESA astronaut selection in 1992; was on a list of 25 candidates for the European Astronauts Board Selection (EASB), not selected 1992 or 1998.


VIKTORENKO Aleksandr Stepanovich
Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Commandant). Photo: BMBWK, Vienna
Personal data
Date of birth: 29 March 1947
Place of birth: Olginka / Oblast Sewerno-Kazakhstan / Kazakh SSR
Family status: married
Children: 2
Selection: 23 May 1978
Function: Commandant
Status: separated on 30 May 1997
Space flights
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Duration of flight
1 Soyuz TM-3 Commandant 22.07.1987 – 30.07.1987 7d 23h 04m
2 Soyuz TM-8 Commandant 05.09.1989 – 19.02.1990 166d 06h 58m
3 Soyuz TM-14 Commandant 17.03.1992 – 10.08.1992 145d 14d 10m
4 Soyuz TM-20 Commandant 03.10.1994 – 22.03.1995 169d 05h 21m
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Officer from the airforce; graduated on the military flight school Orenburg; test pilot; on 23 May 1978 selected as cosmonaut (ZPK-7); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): May 1978 – 24 Feb. 1982; 1979 at a trainings accident disabled; hobbies: accordion play, cars, hunt; separated on 30 May 1997; working in the Gagarin training center as civil coach.


VOLKOV Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (Commandant). Photo: BMBWK, Vienna
Personal data
Date of birth: 27 April 1948
Place of birth: Gorlowka / Oblast Donezk / Ukrain SSR
Family status: married
Children: 2
Selection: 1 December 1978
Function: Commandant
Status: separated on 21 August 1998
Space flights
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1 Soyuz T-14 Scientific cosmonaut 17.09.1985 – 21.11.1985 64d 21h 52m
2 Soyuz TM-7 Commandant 26.11.1988 – 27.04.1989 151d 11h 08m
3 Soyuz TM-13 Commandant 02.10.1991 – 25.03.1992 175d 02h 52m
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Officer from the airforce; graduate on the airforce academy; test pilot; on 1 Dec. 1978 selected as cosmonaut (ZPK-6); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 23 Aug. 1976 – 30 Jan. 1979; 1990-1998 commandant of the cosmonaut division; separated on 21 Aug. 1998; father of cosmonaut Sergej Volkov.