Abdul Ahad Mohmand

Status: Retired
1/1/1959 –
Nationality: Afghan
Type: Government
First Flight: 8/29/1988
Last Flight: 8/29/1988

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.