Talgat Musabayev

Talgat Musabayev
Талғат Мұсабаев
Musabayev in 1998
Member of the Senate
In office
13 July 2017 – 24 January 2023
Appointed byNursultan Nazarbayev
Personal details
Born(1951-01-07)7 January 1951
Died4 August 2025(2025-08-04) (aged 74)
PartyAmanat (2007–2025)
OccupationTest pilot
Awards
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Current occupation
Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan
Time in space
341d 9h 48m
Selection11 May 1990
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
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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.