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Afghanistan's first astronaut Abdul Aziz Momen
Today, Afghan astronaut Abdulkhadir Momened passed away in Germany. He is considered the first Muslim Afghan to reach space. He participated in a mission to the Mir space station in 1988, carrying a copy of the Quran and reciting it in space. During the mission, he also made a phone call to his mother, making Pashto the fourth language to be used outside of Earth. Momened was born in 1959, served as a pilot in the Afghan Air Force, studied in the Soviet Union before his space journey, and later worked in Germany in scientific research and technology.
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