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Abdul Ahad Mohmand

1959 - Today

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Abdul Ahad Momand (Pashto: عبدالاحد مومند; born 1959) is an Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. When he spoke to his mother on the phone from space, Pashto became the fourth language to be officially spoken in 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. He holds many records as an Afghan Astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Ahad Mohmand has received more than 217,999 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abdul Ahad Mohmand is the 82nd most popular astronaut (up from 132nd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Afghanistan and the most popular Afghan Astronaut.

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  • 220k

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  • 52.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 82 out of 524Before him are Konstantin Feoktistov, Yury Romanenko, Georgy Grechko, Leonid Popov, Deke Slayton, and Claude Nicollier. After him are Leonid Kizim, Scott Carpenter, Yuri Artyukhin, Anatoly Berezovoy, Pyotr Klimuk, and Stuart Roosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 109Before him are Alessandro Nannini, Stephen Harper, David Shore, Byung-Chul Han, Jon Fosse, and John Magufuli. After him are R. A. Salvatore, Helmuth Duckadam, Mark Williams, Peter Mensah, Vazgen Sargsyan, and James Wong.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 76 out of 145Before him are Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ahmad Zahir (1946), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), and Afghan Girl (1972). After him are Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Al-Sijzi (945), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Heliocles I (-200), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), and Rabia Balkhi (1000).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Afghanistan

Among astronauts born in Afghanistan, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 1