Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Abdul Ahad Mohmand was born on January 1, 1959. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Abdul Ahad Momand (Pashto: عبدالاحد مومند; 1959 – 21 June 2026) was an Afghan cosmonaut and aviator. He became the first, and so far the only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. He was one of Soyuz TM-6's crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut. Momand is a holder of many records as an Afghan cosmonaut. He became the first person to take the Quran to space and recite it there. When he spoke to his mother on the phone from space, Pashto became the fourth language to be officially spoken in space. He became the first…