Forgotten Spaceman

Forgotten Spaceman, also titled Hershewe Fazanawerd, is a documentary produced by Sixteen Films, scheduled for release on August 9, 2026. The film centers on Abdul Ahad Momand, who in 1988 became the first and only Afghan to travel to space, flying aboard a Soviet mission as part of the Intercosmos program. From orbit, Momand placed a call to his mother, making Pashto the fourth language ever spoken in space. The film frames his journey against the simultaneous collapse of his nation below him, as Afghanistan was entering a period of profound upheaval in the final years of the Soviet-Afghan War.