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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.

Franz Viehböck
Born	(1960-08-24) 24 August 1960 (age 61) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Electrical engineer
Space career
ASA Astronaut
Time in space	7d 22h 12m
Selection	1989
Missions	Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-12
Mission insignia

Career

Together with Clemens Lothaller, he was selected for the Soviet-Austrian space project Austromir 91. After two years of training he was chosen for the mission, and launched on 2 October 1991 together with the Russian cosmonauts Alexander A. Volkov and the Kazakh Toktar Aubakirov in Soyuz TM-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport.

At the Mir space station he conducted 15 experiments in the fields of space medicine, physics, and space technology, together with the cosmonauts Anatoly Artsebarsky and Sergey Krikalev. Viehböck returned after 7 days and 22 hours with Soyuz TM-12, and landed in Kazakhstan on 10 October.

The following two years he gave numerous lectures on the mission, then went to the United States and worked for Rockwell. When Rockwell was taken over by Boeing he became Director for International Business Development in Vienna.[1] Later he was assigned Technologiebeauftragter (technology coordinator) of Lower Austria.

Viehböck resides in Berndorf, Lower Austria. He is married, with his daughter Carina being born during his space mission. Only two other space travellers became parents while on orbit: Mike Fincke and Randolph Bresnik (NASA).

See also

• Timeline of astronauts by nationality
• List of astronauts by name
• Austromir-91 [pt]

Notes and references

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

External links

• Franz Viehböck site
• Project AUSTROMIR 91 site
• Spacefacts biography of Franz Viehböck
• Official agreement on the flight Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Franz Viehböck

Franz Artur Viehböck (* 24. August 1960 in Wien) ist ein österreichischer Elektrotechniker und ehemaliger österreichischer Raumfahrer. Als erster und bisher einziger Österreicher im Weltraum wurde er von österreichischen Medien mit der Bezeichnung „Austronaut“ bedacht.

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- [en] Franz Viehböck

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[es] Franz Viehböck

Franz Artur Viehböck (Viena, 24 de agosto de 1960) es un ingeniero eléctrico de Austria, fue el primer astronauta austríaco.

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[fr] Franz Viehböck

Franz Viehböck (né le 24 août 1960 à Vienne) est un ingénieur électrique autrichien et le premier spationaute de sa nationalité.

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[it] Franz Viehböck

Franz Artur Viehböck (Vienna, 24 agosto 1960) è un astronauta austriaco.

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[ru] Фибёк, Франц Артур

Франц А́ртур Фи́бёк (нем. Franz Artur Viehböck; род. 24 августа 1960 в Вене) — первый космонавт из Австрии.

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