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Abdul Ahad Momand, first Afghan in space, dies at 67 in Germany
The former Soviet-trained pilot spent 9 days on the Mir space station and later became a national hero for Afghanistan.
- Abdul Ahad Momand, the first Afghan citizen in space, died at age 67 in Germany from cancer on June 21 while living in Stuttgart, where he had resided since fleeing Afghanistan in 1992 due to civil war.
- In 1988, at age 29, Momand joined a Soviet space program to send representatives of allied nations into orbit during Soviet control of Afghanistan.
- He flew on Soyuz TM-6 and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station, where he conducted scientific research.
- Momand read from the Quran in space to represent Afghanistan's Islamic identity in the cosmos.
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Momand went on a mission to the Soviet space station Mir as a 29-year-old Air Force pilot.
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Abdul Ahad Momand, first Afghan in space, dies at 67 in Germany
Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan’s first citizen in space, has died at age 67. His family and friends say he died from cancer on June 21 in Germany, where he had lived since leaving Afghanistan in 1992.
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Abdul Ahad Momand was the only Afghan in space.
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