Talgat Musabayev
Talgat Musabayev | |
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Талғат Мұсабаев | |
Musabayev in 1998 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 13 July 2017 – 24 January 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1951 |
| Died | 4 August 2025 (aged 74) |
| Party | Amanat (2007–2025) |
| Occupation | Test pilot |
| Awards | |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan |
Time in space | 341d 9h 48m |
| Selection | 11 May 1990 |
Total EVAs | 7 |
Total EVA time | 41 hours, 13 minutes |
| Missions | Mir EO-16 (Soyuz TM-19), Mir EO-25 (Soyuz TM-27), ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32 / Soyuz TM-31) |
Mission insignia | |
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Talğat Amankeldıūly Mūsabaev (Kazakh: Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев; 7 January 1951 – 4 August 2025) was a Soviet-Russian test pilot and cosmonaut and Kazakh politician who flew on three spaceflights. Musabayev's 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. Beginning in 2007 he was head of KazCosmos, Kazakhstan's National Space Agency.