at year the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a state. The crew of the spaceship "Soyuz TM-13" was Tokhtar Aubakirov, Aleksandr Volkov and Austrian cosmonaut Franz Fibek. The research mission of the crew addressed the issues of medicine, biology, biochemistry, agriculture, metallurgy. The spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome on 2 October 1991 to 11 hours and 59 minutes. Day space flight Aubakirov was truly a national holiday with wide festivals, performances on Kyzylorda land
