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    Marcos Cesar Pontes (born 11 March 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, AEB astronaut, politician and author. He became the first South American...
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    together with Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian in space. The Brazilian government paid Russia approximately $20 million (USD) for Pontes' flight. They...
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    Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard...
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    (Discovery – ISS mission) Soyuz TMA-20 Expedition 26 Expedition 27 Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space) Spaceflight Participant...
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    Presidency, Pontes was announced as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. In the 2022 São Paulo state elections Marcos Pontes was elected for...
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    in development. Marcos Pontes, a lieutenant colonel in the Brazilian Air Force, is an astronaut of the Brazilian Space Agency. Pontes was the first Brazilian...
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  • federal ministry in Brazil. The last Minister of Communications was Marcos Pontes. It was dissolved in May 2016.[citation needed] Ministry of Science...
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  • scholar and philosopher Marcos Pontes, Brazilian astronaut Marcos Restrepo, Ecuatorian painter Marcos Alonso (disambiguation) Marcos Antunes Trigueiro (born...
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  • members include former Minister of Technology of Brazil and astronaut Marcos Pontes, Hajji Baba Mondi and Prince Leka II of the Albanians. In 2023 Gharios...
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    Liwei of China, the third nation to launch a person into space (2003) Marcos Pontes, of Brazil, the first South American and the first lusophone in space...
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