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Abdul Ahad Mohmand

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Abdul Ahad Mohmand

Born January 1, 1959 · Ghazali, Afghanistan

Died June 21, 2026 · aged 67

Abdul Ahad Momand (born 1959) is a Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut. He holds many records as an Afghan Astronaut. During this mission, Abdul Ahad Momand was the f…

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Forgotten Spaceman
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Forgotten Spaceman · 2026
Forgotten Spaceman
2026
MovieDocumentary
In 1988, Abdul Ahad Momand became Afghanistan's first and only astronaut. From orbit, he called his mother, making Pashto the fourth language spoken in space. Below him, his nation was collapsing.
Space SailorsSpace Sailors · 2010
Space Sailors
2010
MovieDocumentaryHistory
They were heroes of a special kind. They came from the steppes, the sons of farmers, of factory floor women. Salt-of-the-earth, strapping young men, model husbands, who believed in communism with all their hearts. Bright futures lay ahead of them. In the name of the Inter-cosmos Program they were about to conquer space. The second they touched down, they were treated like pop stars and worshiped as heroes. And today? What do the heroes of socialism do without socialism?

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