Musa Manarov

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: Муса Хираманович Манаров; born March 22, 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.[1]

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov Муса Хираманович Манаров
Born	(1951-03-22) March 22, 1951 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Occupation	Flight engineer
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	541d 00h 28m
Selection	1978 Cosmonaut Group
Missions	Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), Mir EO-8 (Soyuz TM-11)

He was a colonel in the Soviet Air Force and graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering qualification in 1974. Musa was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978.

From December 21, 1987 to December 21, 1988 he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4. The flight duration was 365 days 22 hours 38 minutes. From December 2, 1990 to May 26, 1991 he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days 1 hour 50 minutes,[2] the longest continuous time spent in space by anyone at that time. During his 176-day stay, Manarov observed the Earth and worked in space manufacturing. He also performed 20 hours of spacewalks.[3] Manarov lives in Russia.