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Marcos Pontes
Marcos Pontes (1963) has flown to space twice, spending 9.9 days off Earth in total. Nationality: Brazil. First flight: Soyuz TMA-7, 2005.
Brazil2 spaceflights9.9 days in space
Spaceflights
Oct 1, 2005
Soyuz TMA-7Soyuz-FG · Baikonur
Mar 30, 2006
Soyuz TMA-8Soyuz-FG · Baikonur
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Missão Centenário
Career
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Born
- 1963
- Occupation
- astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, writer
- Employer
- Brazilian Air Force
- Astronaut group
- NASA Astronaut Group 17
- Military branch
- Brazilian Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
In space
- Spaceflights
- 2
- Time in space
- 9.89 days
- First flight
- October 1, 2005
- Latest flight
- Missão Centenário
- Education
- Aeronautics Institute of Technology; Naval Postgraduate School
- Awards (Wikidata)
- 1: Santos-Dumont Merit Medal
Source: Wikidata Q317643 (CC0): spaceflights, time in space, citizenship, employer, astronaut group, service, education and awards. Only public professional facts are shown.