Astronaut Marcos Pontes
Brazilian senator
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... Wikipedia
Born: 1963 (age 61 years), Bauru, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Space missions: Soyuz TMA-8 and Soyuz TMA-7
Education: Naval Postgraduate School (1998)
Spouse: Francisca de Fatima Cavalcanti
First space flight: Soyuz TMA-7
Party: Liberal Party
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