Name: Toktar Aubakirov When/Where born: 1946 in the 1
Early years: he left school at age 2
3
region of Kazakhstan
; started working in a
types of
Achievements: joined the Armavir Military Aviation Institute in
4
; flew as a 5
in the
Soviet Air Force, tested over 6
aircrafts, became the first Kazakh to go into 7
Later years: became the director of the National Aerospace Agency
of Kazakhstan (KazCosmos) in 8