Franz Artur Viehböck (born August 24, 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer, and Austria's first astronaut. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ...

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 started on October 2, 1991 together with the Russian cosmonauts Alexander A. Volkov and the Kazakh Toktar Aubakirov in Soyuz TM-13 from the Baikonur cosmodrome spaceport. October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Russian cosmonaut. ... Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, IPA /qɑzɑqˈstɑn/; Russian: Казахстан, Kazakhstán, IPA /kɐzəxˈstɐn/), also spelled Kazakstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia, and a former republic of the now extinct USSR. A portion of its territory west of the Ural River is located in eastern... Toktar Ongarbaevich Aubakirov (Cyrillic Токтар Онгарбаевич Аубакиров, Kazakh Тоқтар Әубәкіров; born on July 27, 1946, in Karaganda, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh military pilot, and the first Turkic man in space. ... Crew Launched: Alexander A. Volkov (3) Toktar Aubakirov (1)- Kazakhstan Franz Viehböck (1) - Austria Landed: Alexander A. Volkov (3) Sergei Krikalev (1) Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1) - Germany Mission Parameters Mass: 7150 kg Perigee: 195 km Apogee: 232 km Inclination: 51. ... The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur), also called Tyuratam, is the worlds oldest and largest working space launch facility. ... A spaceport is a site for launching spacecraft, by analogy with airport for aircraft. ...

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 October 10. MIR is a TLA that could mean: Medical Inspection Room - the place for sick parade in most British and Commonwealth militaries and many NGOs. ... A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live on in outer space. ... Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky (Russian: Анатолий Павлович Арцебарский; born September 9, 1956) is a Ukrainian cosmonaut. ... Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, former Russian cosmonaut, was born August 27, 1958, in Leningrad, Russia, which has been renamed St. ... Crew Launched: Anatoly Artsebarsky (1) Sergei Krikalev (2) Helen Sharman (1) - United Kingdom Landed: Anatoly Artsebarsky (1) Toktar Aubakirov (1) - Kazakhstan Franz Viehböck (1) - Austria (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...

The following two years he held 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. Later he was assigned Technologiebeauftragter (technology coordinator) of Lower Austria. Rockwell - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Boeing Company ( NYSE: BA) is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...

Viehböck resides in Berndorf. He is married, his daughter Carina was born during his mission in space.

See also: Timeline of astronauts by nationality, List of astronauts by name Since the first spaceflight by the Soviet Union, astronauts who were citizens of 32 countries have flown into space. ... This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts. ...

External links

• Franz Viehböck site (http://www.franzviehboeck.com/)