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ROOKIERetired—Other·🇲🇳 Mongolia·Born 1947
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa
First Mongolian in space.
188h
Hours in Space
1
Missions
0
EVAs
—
EVA Time
We took off at night. We saw the first sun rays while we were flying over the Pacific Ocean.
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Inspirations
What they aspire to
He hoped his flight would lift Mongolia's scientific ambitions and inspire its students.
Biography
First Mongolian in space. Flew on the Intercosmos program to Salyut 6, conducting Earth observation and materials science experiments.
Before NASAMongolian People's Army Air Force officer and aerospace engineer who graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow in 1978.
Notable Missions
Soyuz 39 / Salyut 6 (Intercosmos)
Beyond the Mission
Causes They Champion
Mongolian science educationDefense modernization (served as Mongolia's Defense Minister 2000–2004)
Languages
MongolianRussian
Awards & Honors
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic
- Order of Lenin
- Order of Chinggis Khaan
Fun fact
He was the second Asian — and the first Mongolian — ever in space, and his orbital photographs were used to build Mongolia's first satellite map.
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