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ROOKIERetired—
ROOKIERetired—Other·🇦🇹 Austria·Born 1960
Franz Viehböck
First and only Austrian in space.
190h
Hours in Space
1
Missions
0
EVAs
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EVA Time
Biography
First and only Austrian in space. Electrical engineer who spent 8 days aboard Mir conducting 15 experiments.
Before NASAElectrical engineer at the Vienna University of Technology before being selected from over 220 Austrian applicants for the Austromir 91 mission.
Notable Missions
Soyuz TM-13 / Mir
Beyond the Mission
Causes They Champion
Austrian engineering and industrial cooperation with Russia
Languages
GermanRussianEnglishFrenchSpanish
Awards & Honors
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Russian Order of Friendship of Peoples
Fun fact
Eight and a half hours after Viehböck lifted off on Soyuz TM-13, his wife gave birth to their daughter in a Wiener Neustadt hospital.
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