Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Abdul Ahad Mohmand

Afghan astronaut

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1959

Place of Birth: Ghazni, Afghanistan

Profession: astronaut, accountant, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Germany, Afghanistan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abdul Ahad Mohmand (Pashto: ???????? ??????; born January 1, 1959) is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Afghan and fourth Muslim to journey to outer 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.
During this mission, Abdul Ahad Mohmand was the first cosmonaut to speak the Pashto language after he made a telephone call to Afghanistan, making it the fourth language to be officially spoken in space.
He became the first Afghan citizen and the fourth Muslim to visit outer space, after Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Muhammed Faris, and Musa Manarov.
Mohmand is also believed to be the first Muslim who took the Qur'an to space.