Musa Manarov

{{Short description|Soviet engineer and cosmonaut (born 1951)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Khiramanovich|Manarov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

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{{Infobox astronaut

| image = U2mir musa manarov.jpg

| name = Musa Manarov

| native_name = {{nobold|Муса Манаров}}

| type = Cosmonaut

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|03|22}}

| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan)

| occupation = Flight engineer

|status =Retired

| rank = Colonel, Soviet Air Force

| selection = 1978 Cosmonaut Group

| time = 541d 00h 28m

| mission = {{nobr|Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6),}} {{nobr|Mir EO-8 (Soyuz TM-11)}}

| insignia =

| awards =

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• {{nobr|Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"}}

| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Musa Manarov voice.oga|title=Musa Manarov's voice|type=speech|description=Recorded 12 April 2011}}

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Musa Khiramanovich Manarov ({{langx|ru|Муса Хираманович Манаров}}; {{Langx|lbe|Муса Хираманнул арс Маннаров}}; born 22 March 1951) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.[http://www.lobbying.ru/content/persons/id_3249_linkid_173.html 5-й созыв (2008-2011)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229044034/http://www.lobbying.ru/content/persons/id_3249_linkid_173.html |date=2014-12-29 }} {{in lang|ru}}

He was a colonel in the Soviet Air Force and graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering qualification in 1974. Musa was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978.

From 21 December 1987 to 21 December 1988, he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4. The flight duration was 365 days, 22 hours, and 38 minutes. From 2 December 1990 to 26 May 1991, he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days, 1 hour, and 50 minutes,{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/manarov_musa.htm |title=Musa Khiramanovich|website=spacefacts.de|access-date=11 March 2023}} the longest continuous time spent in space by anyone at that time. During his 176-day stay, Manarov observed the Earth and worked in space manufacturing. He also performed more than 20 hours of spacewalks.{{cite web|website=spacefacts.de|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm11.htm|title=Soyuz TM-11|access-date=11 March 2023}} Manarov lives in Russia.

He was a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 5th convocation (2007–2011) as part of the United Russia faction.