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ROOKIERetired—Other·🇰🇿 Kazakhstan·Born 1972
Aidyn Aimbetov
Third Kazakh cosmonaut.
240h
Hours in Space
1
Missions
0
EVAs
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EVA Time
Biography
Third Kazakh cosmonaut. Spent 10 days aboard the ISS conducting scientific experiments.
Before NASAKazakhstan Air Force fighter pilot flying the MiG-27 and Su-27 after graduating from the Kutakhov Armavir Higher Military Aviation School.
Notable Missions
Soyuz TMA-18M / ISS EP-18
Beyond the Mission
Causes They Champion
Kazakh national space program (Kazcosmos)
Languages
KazakhRussian
Awards & Honors
- Khalyk Kakharmany (People's Hero of Kazakhstan)
- Order of Otan
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of Kazakhstan
Fun fact
He waited 13 years between selection in 2002 and his 2015 flight, only getting his seat after singer Sarah Brightman cancelled her planned tourist mission to the ISS.
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