Marcos Pontes
Marcos Cesar Pontes is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, AEB astronaut, politician and author. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked onto the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on 30 March 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Bauru
- Educated at
- Aeronautics Institute of TechnologyNaval Postgraduate School
- Awards
- 🏆 Q10328088🏆 Santos-Dumont Merit Medal
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1963
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