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Franz Viehböck

1960 - Today

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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. He visited the Mir space station in 1991 aboard Soyuz TM-13, returning aboard Soyuz TM-12 after spending just over a week in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Viehböck is the 286th most popular astronaut (down from 272nd in 2024), the 1,033rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 1,030th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Franz Viehböck ranks 286 out of 556. Before him are Steven R. Nagel, Brewster H. Shaw, Marcos Pontes, Norman Thagard, Fei Junlong, and Jean-Jacques Favier. After him are Pamela Melroy, Vasily Tsibliyev, Gennadi Manakov, Klaus-Dietrich Flade, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, and James M. Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Franz Viehböck ranks 442. Before him are Paolo Pezzi, James J. Martin, Anton Rop, Gerard Joling, Shelly Yachimovich, and Sergei Ponomarenko. After him are Charles Cullen, Justus von Dohnányi, Gary Gordon, Greg Iles, Tony MacAlpine, and Simon Fuller.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Viehböck ranks 1,033 out of 1,424. Before him are Peter Zoller (1952), Erhard Busek (1941), Andi Herzog (1968), Luise Ullrich (1910), Jaroslav Volak (1915), and Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872). After him are Heidi Schmid (1938), Marcel Hirscher (1989), Anderl Molterer (1931), Amalie Materna (1844), Christoph Ransmayr (1954), and Adalbert Püllöck (1907).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Austria

Among astronauts born in Austria, Franz Viehböck ranks 2. Before him are Reinhard Furrer (1940).

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