Maidarjavyn Ganzorig ( mn, Майдаржавын Ганзориг; 5 February 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Mongolian cosmonaut and academic. In 1978, he participated in the Soviet

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program and trained for the

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mission.

Biography

Ganzorig was born in

Tsetserleg Tsetserleg ( mn, Цэцэрлэг, ''garden'') may signify: * Tsetserleg (city), the capital of Arkhangai aimag in Mongolia * two sums (districts) in different aimags of Mongolia: ** Tsetserleg, Arkhangai ** Tsetserleg, Khövsgöl Tsetserleg ( mn, ...

, Arkhangai in 1949, finishing his secondary education in 1968. He studied at

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, earning a degree in heating and precision automated devices maintenance, graduating in 1975. In 1978, he was selected as the backup to

Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa ( mn, Жүгдэрдэмидийн Гүррагчаа; russian: Жугдэрдэмидийн Гуррагча, , born 5 December 1947) is a Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader. He was the first Mongolian and seco ...

for the

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,

Mongolian Academy of Sciences The Mongolian Academy of Sciences (, ''Mongol ulsyn Shinjlekh ukhaany Akademi'') is Mongolia's first centre of modern sciences. It came into being in 1921 when the government of newly independent Mongolia issued a resolution declaring the establi ...

, and since 1991 served as the Director of Informatics at the Remote Sensing Center,

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

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Spacefacts biography of Maidarjavyn Ganzorig
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganzorig, Maidarjav 1949 births 2021 deaths Mongolian cosmonauts Recipients of the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" Mongolian People's Party politicians Kyiv Polytechnic Institute alumni People from Arkhangai Province