Name: Musabayev, Talgat Country: Kazakhstan M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-19 July 1, 1994 - Soyuz TM-19 November 4, 1994 - Soyuz TM-19
2. Soyuz TM-27 January 29, 1998 - Soyuz TM-27 August 25, 1998 - Soyuz TM-27
3. Soyuz TM-32 April 28, 2001 - Soyuz TM-32 May 6, 2001 - Soyuz TM-31

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz TM-14A
(Cancelled)
Original Backup Crew assigned to Soyuz TM-14
Soyuz TM-13 and Soyuz TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement.
Soyuz TM-14B
(Cancelled)
Second Prime Crew assigned to Soyuz TM-14
Soyuz TM-13 and Soyuz TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement.
Soyuz TM-13
(Backup Crew)
Austromir Mission
Soyuz TM-18
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-15 Crew
1. Soyuz TM-19 Mir Main Expedition EO-16 Crew
Docked with Mir from July 3, 1994 to November 4, 1994
Soyuz TM-25
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-23 Crew
2. Soyuz TM-27 Mir Main Expedition EO-25 Crew
Docked with Mir from January 31, 1998 to August 25, 1998
3. Soyuz TM-32 ISS Taxi Flight 2S (ISS "Alpha" Visiting Expedition EP-01)
Soyuz TM-32 replaced Soyuz TM-31 as the International Space Station's "lifeboat".
Soyuz TM-32 docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001.
Soyuz TM-31 returned to Earth on May 6, 2001.
Soyuz TMA-4A
(Cancelled)
ISS Taxi Flight 8S
After the loss of Columbia, the taxi crew was replaced by the two-person ISS Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 9.

Spacewalks - 7*
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-19 September 9, 1994 Inspect docking port struck by Progress M-24. Mend thermal blanket torn by Soyuz TM-17
5 hours 4 minutes
Soyuz TM-19 September 14, 1994 Preform routine maintenance. Prepare to move solar arrays from Kristall to Kvant. Inspect Sofora truss
6 hours 1 minute

*Soyuz TM-27 March 3, 1998 Planned spacewalk was cancelled when the outer hatch of the Kvant-2 airlock could not be opened
1 hour 35 minutes * Unofficial spacewalk
Soyuz TM-27 April 1, 1998 Repair Kvant-2 airlock hatch. Start repair of the damaged Spektr solar array
6 hours 26 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 6, 1998 Complete repair of the damaged Spektr solar array
4 hours 23 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 11, 1998 Remove old VDU thruster package from Sofora truss
6 hours 25 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 17, 1998 Install new VDU thruster package atop Sofora truss
6 hours 33 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 22, 1998 Install new VDU thruster package atop Sofora truss
6 hours 21 minutes

Return to Master List Spacewalkers Mir Program - 1994 Three Spaceflights
Kazakh Cosmonauts Shuttle-Mir Program - 1998 / Backup Crew
International Space Station Program - Phase II - 2001 / Taxi Crew

Updated - March 23, 2005