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{{Infobox astronaut
| name =
| image =Stamp of Kazakhstan 276.jpg
| caption = Toktar Aubakirov on a 1999 Kazakhstani stamp
| type = Cosmonaut
| status = Retired
| nationality = Kazakh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|7|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| occupation = [[Test pilot]]
| rank = [[Major General]]
| selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1991|1991 Cosmonaut Group]]
| time = 7d 22h 12m
| mission = [[Soyuz TM-13]], [[Soyuz TM-12]]
| insignia = [[File:Soyuz TM-13 patch.png|40px]]
| awards = {{Hero of the Soviet Union}} {{Hero of the Kazakhstan}} {{Order of Lenin}}
|}}

'''Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov''' ({{lang-kk|Тоқтар Оңғарбайұлы Әубәкіров}}, {{lang-ru|Токтар Онгарбаевич Аубакиров}}, born on 27 July 1946) is a retired [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] Air Force officer and a former [[astronaut|cosmonaut]].

==Early life==
Toktar Aubakirov was born in Karkaraly district, Karaganda region, [[Kazakh SSR]], which is now Kazakhstan. After graduating from the 8th grade of a secondary school he started working as a metal turner at the Temirtau foundry, whilst attending an evening school. In 1965 he joined the Armavir Military Aviation Institute of the Anti-Air Defence Pilots. He served as a [[fighter pilot]] in the [[Soviet Air Force]] on the Far East borders of the USSR until his acceptance into the M. Gromov Test Pilot's School in 1975.

==Test pilot career==
Between 1976 and 1991 he served as a test pilot at the Mikoyan Experimental Design Bureau (MiG aircraft). During this time he tested over 50 types of aircraft. The first in the Soviet Union to make a nonstop flight crossing the North Pole and with two in-flight refueling, the first in the Soviet Union who took off of the aircraft-carrier ''Tbilisi'' (later named [[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|''Kuznetsov'']]) on a MiG 29K.

==Spaceflight experience==
In 1991, in accordance with an agreement between the governments of the USSR and the Kazakh SSR, started training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centern. On 2 October 1991 he launched with Russian cosmonaut [[Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (cosmonaut)|Alexander Volkov]] as flight commander, and the Austrian research cosmonaut [[Franz Viehböck]] in [[Soyuz TM-13]] from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] [[spaceport]], and spent over eight days in space.

==Career==
Since 1993, he has been the general director of the National Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan. He was a member of the Kazakhstan parliament. Now he is a [[pensioner]] and [[consultant]].

===Family===
Toktar Aubakirov is married to Tatyana Aubakirova. They have two children: Timur (born in 1977) and Mikhail (born in 1982).

==Awards and honors==
[[Image:ToktarAwbakirov.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Featured on a stamp]]
* [[Hero of Soviet Union]] (1988) – Test flights of MiG aircraft
* [[People's Hero of Kazakhstan]] (''Halyk Kaharmany'') (1995)
* [[Order of Otan]] (Kazakhstan) (1995)
* [[Order of Lenin]] (1988)
* [[Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR]] (1990)
* [[Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR]] (1991)
* Pilot-Cosmonaut of Kazakhstan #1
* [[Order of the Badge of Honour]] (1987)
* [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria]](''Goldenes Ehrenzeichen''), twice (1988 and 1993)
* [[Order of the October Revolution]] (1991)
* [[Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"]] (12 April 2011) – for outstanding contribution to the development of international cooperation in manned space flight

==See also==
* [[List of astronauts by name]]
*[[List of Muslim astronauts]]

==External links==
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/aubakirov_toktar.htm Aubakirov at Spacefacts]
*[http://www.testpilots.narod.ru/english/lii.html Flying-Research Institute]

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani cosmonauts]]
[[Category:People from Karaganda]]
[[Category:Muslim cosmonauts]]
[[Category:Soviet cosmonauts]]
[[Category:Soviet Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]]
[[Category:Heroes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"]]

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