Faris

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Faris

Mohammed Ahmed Faris Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Three. Birth Date: 26 May 1951. Birth City: Aleppo. Birth Country: Syria. Nationality: Syrian. Affiliation: Syrian Air Force. Group: 1985 International Group. Date Selected: 30 September 1985. Departed: 1987. Number of Flights: 1. Total Time: 7.96 days. Comments: .

Flight Log

Soyuz TM-3 - - 1987 Jul 22 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 7.96 days. Flight details: Soyuz TM-3.
Manned three crew. Transported to the Mir orbital space station a Soviet-Syrian crew comprising cosmonauts A S Viktorenko, A P Aleksandrov and M A Faris to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts Y Romanenko and A Laveykin. Maneuvered from initial 231 X 217 km orbit to Mir's 311 X 359 km orbit. Docked with rear Mir port at 3:30 GMT 24 July. Undocked with rear port 30 July and docked to forward port. Undocked 05:55 GMT 29 December. Returned Aleksandrov, Yuri Romanenko (Soyuz TM-2), Anatoly Levchenko (Soyuz TM-4) to Earth. Recovered December 29, 1987 09:16 GMT. Landed near Arkalyk.

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