Toktar Aubakirov

Toktar Aubakirov is a notable Kazakh cosmonaut who became the first person from Kazakhstan to travel to space on October 2, 1991. He flew aboard the Soyuz TM-13 spacecraft alongside Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov and Austrian astronaut Franz Viehböck. During his mission, which lasted over seven days, Aubakirov contributed to scientific research and experiments in the Mir space station.