A. Aimbetov appointed Advisor to Kazkosmos Chairman

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ANA. September 11. KAZINFORM /Sara Kabikyzy/ Space crewman of Kazakhstan Aidyn Aimbetov was appointed the Advisor to Chairman of the National Space Agency of Kazakhstan (NSA). Head of Kazkosmos Talgat Mussabayev signed the corresponding order.  

As is known two our compatriots - Aidyn Aimbetov and Mukhtar Aimakhanov have passed a space training program in the Russian Cosmonaut Training Center since 2003 but due to the financial crisis the flight of the Kazakh cosmonaut scheduled in autumn in 2009 was postponed.

Both cosmonauts were nominated to work in Kazkosmos.

According to A. Aimbetov his principal task as an Advisor to the Head of Kazkosmos is to provide implementation of the state policy in space sphere. "Knowledge received during a six-years training in Russia will be certainly of use", - A. Aimbetov believes.

Aidyn Aimbetov is 37 years old. He is a military pilot, colonel of the Kazakh aviation, married has three children.  

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