Maidarjavyn Ganzorig
Maidarjavyn Ganzorig Майдаржавын Ганзориг | |
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1978 Intercosmos Group | |
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Maidarjavyn Ganzorig (Mongolian: Майдаржавын Ганзориг; 5 February 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Mongolian cosmonaut and academic.[1]
In 1978, he participated in the Soviet
Intercosmos program and trained for the Soyuz 39
mission.
Biography
Ganzorig was born in
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, earning a degree in heating and precision automated devices maintenance, graduating in 1975. In 1978, he was selected as the backup to Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa for the Soyuz 39
mission, who would become the first Mongolian in space.
In 1984, he received a Candidate of Technical Sciences degree.
From 1984 to 1991 Ganzorig was Head of the RS Laboratory at the Institute of Physics and Technology,
Informatics at the Remote Sensing Center, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar
.
References
- ^ Undarmaa, S. (5 July 2021). "Хөдөлмөрийн баатар, сансрын нисгэгч М.Ганзориг таалал төгсчээ". News.MN - Мэдээллийн эх сурвалж (in Mongolian). News.mn.
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