Forgotten Spaceman

Name: Forgotten Spaceman
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-08-09
Duration: 16 min
Cast: Elham Ehsas, Nazifa Ehsas, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Bahram Ehsas

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Release Date

8/9/2026

Runtime

16 mins

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Documentary

Overview

In 1988, Abdul Ahad Momand became Afghanistan's first and only astronaut. From orbit, he called his mother, making Pashto the fourth language spoken in space. Below him, his nation was collapsing.

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Released

Original Language

Pashto

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A poignant short film that holds an extraordinary moment of human connection, an astronaut speaking to his mother from space, against the backdrop of his nation's collapse, asking what it means to reach for the stars while everything below falls apart.