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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Mukhtar Rabatovich Aymakhanov''' (Kazakh: Мұқтар Рабатұлы Аймаханов, born January 1, 1967 in Dzhusaly, [[Kazakhstan]]) is a Russian cosmonaut; he was originally a [[Kazakhstan]]i cosmonaut.<ref name=SpaceFacts.de>{{cite web|title=Mukhtar Rabatovich|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/aymakhanov_mukhtar.htm|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=Sen-2015-06-22/><br />
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==Kazakh cosmonaut career==<br />
Aimakhanov and [[Aidyn Aimbetov]] were selected as the first class of Kazakh cosmonauts in 2002, for the Kazakhstan National Space Agency, [[KazCosmos]]. They trained at [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center|Star City]] as cosmonauts from 2003 to 2009, until the world financial crisis indefinitely postponed the prospective Kazakhstan mission.<ref name=SpaceNews-2015-06-22> {{cite news |url= http://spacenews.com/kazakh-cosmonaut-to-take-brightmans-place-on-soyuz-flight/ |title= Kazakh Cosmonaut To Take Brightman’s Place On Soyuz Flight |author= Jeff Foust |date= 22 June 2015 |publisher= Space News }} </ref><ref name=AkimatAstana-2015-04-13> {{cite news |url= http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/7857 |title= Aidyn Aimbetov: Flying into the Space is not Buying a Theater Ticket |date= 13 April 2015 |publisher= Akimat of Astana }} </ref><ref name=Sen-2015-06-22> {{cite news |url= http://sen.com/news/kazakh-cosmonaut-to-replace-brightman-on-space-station-trip |title= Kazakh cosmonaut to replace Brightman on space station trip |author= Anatoly Zak |date= 22 June 2015 |publisher= Sen }} </ref><br />
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==Russian cosmonaut career==<br />
In 2012, to pursue his cosmonaut dreams, Aymakhanov became a Russian citizen,<ref name=Sen-2015-06-22/> and gave up his Kazakhstani citizenship.<ref name=SputnikNews-2014-01-23> {{cite news |url= http://sputniknews.com/voiceofrussia/news/2014_01_23/Israeli-astronaut-may-go-to-ISS-by-Russias-Soyuz-spacecraft-3707/ |title= Israeli astronaut may go to ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft |date= 23 January 2014 |publisher= The Voice of Russia |author= Interfax }} </ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/aymakhanov_mukhtar.htm Spacefacts biography of Mukhtar Aymakhanov]<br />
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