Musa Manarov was the first cosmonaut from Dagestan. He was born in 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan and graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1974. Manarov was selected as a cosmonaut in 1978 and flew two missions to the Mir space station between 1987-1988 and 1990-1991, spending over a year in space on his first mission and performing spacewalks, making him the first person to spend a year in space.

1. Musa Manarov, the First Dagestan Cosmonaut Mikhail Nokhov Gymnasium # 1 Khasavyurt

2. Musa Khiramanovich Manarov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR on March 22, 1951. He was a colonel at the Soviet Air Force and graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering diploma in 1974

3. Musa was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. He is currently married with two children.

5. From December 21, 1987 - December 21, 1988 he flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4. The spacecraft docked with the Mir space station where Manarov remained for one year. He was the first person to spend a year in space. The duration was 365 days 22 hours 38 minutes.

9. In February 12, 1990 - May 26, 1991 he flew again as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-11. The duration was 175 days 1 hour 50 minute. During his 176-day stay, Manarov observed the Earth and worked in space manufacturing. He also performed 20 hours of spacewalks.