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Franz Viehböck

International Partner and Guest Astronauts

Franz Viehbock is an Austrian engineer who became the first and, to date, only Austrian citizen to fly in space, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in October 1991 to the Mir space station as part of the Austromir program, a bilateral Austrian-Soviet spaceflight agreement. He spent about eight days in orbit conducting joint Austrian-Soviet scientific experiments before returning to Earth, one of the last Interkosmos-style guest cosmonaut flights of the Soviet era.

Facts
Birth Year
1960 2
Nationality
Austrian 2
Number of Flights
1 3
Firsts
First From Their Country 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Research Cosmonaut 1
Dating
Selection Year
1989 2
Connections

Associated With

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Franz Viehböck

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Franz Viehböck
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Nationality

Austria

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Source Franz ViehböckLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Franz Artur Viehböck (born 24 August 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut, who became the first Austrian to fly in space.
Sources
1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Franz Viehböck
Spacefacts.deSpaceflights table
Quote, Spaceflights table
Soyuz TM-13 / Soyuz TM-12 Research Cosmonaut 02.10. - 10.10.1991
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2. Franz Viehböck
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1960-08-24
  • Introduction
    is an Austrian electrical engineer
  • Lead section
    Franz Artur Viehböck (born 24 August 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut, who became the first Austrian to fly in space.
  • Infobox, selection
  • In Group: Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations, Lead sentence
    Franz Artur Viehböck (born 24 August 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut, who became the first Austrian to fly in space.
  • Associated With: Soviet space program, Article text: associated organization
    Together with Clemens Lothaller, he was selected for the Soviet-Austrian space project Austromir 91.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Career: selection
    he was selected for the Soviet-Austrian space project Austromir 91
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3. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 201 to 300
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 276, Franz Viehböck
Quote, Astronaut record 276, Franz Viehböck
"name": "Franz Viehböck" ... "flights_count": 1
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