Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1988.
1Flight
8d 20hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Abdul Ahad Mohmand (Pashto: عبدالاحد مومند; born January 1, 1959) is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Afghan citizen and fourth Muslim 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. Momand died of cancer in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 21 June 2026.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Sardeh Band
- Education
- Gagarin Air Force Academy; Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia; Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Hero of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin; Order of the Sun of Liberty
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-6August 29, 1988
Born 1959-01-01 · died 2026-06-21, aged 67