The Astronaut Who Was Left Stranded in Space

Newcomers

The three newcomers from the relief crew were, Commander Alexander Volkov, Austrian scientist Franz Viehböck, and from the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Toktar Aubakirov.

Source: mfa.gov.kz

Supposedly, the Austrian government paid to soviets $7 million to get Viehböck aboard Mir. On October 10th, Viehböck, Aubakirov, and Artsebarsky returned to Earth.

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