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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    treaty would be to send the first Brazilian into space, Lt. Col. Aviator Marcos Pontes. The name of the mission is a reference to the commemoration of the...
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    Perrone (b. 1969) – Journalist Laura Pigossi (b. 1994) – Tennis player Marcos Pontes (b. 1963) – Astronaut Muricy Ramalho (b. 1955) – Football coach Nando...
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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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  • Neri Viela". 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2021-10-23. "Astronaut Biography: Marcos Pontes". 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-10-23. "Human spaceflight: Rides". 2022-08-08...
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  • Marco Vinholi (PSDB) with 0.8% Ricardo Salles (PL) with 22.5% and Marco Vinholi (PSDB) with 1% Ricardo Salles (PL) Ricardo Salles (PL) Marcos Pontes (PL)...
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    for a seat at the Chamber of Deputies. However, he wasn't elected. Marcos Pontes, a member of the Liberal Party, was elected to replace Serra on the...
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    choosing economist Paulo Guedes as his Economy minister and astronaut Marcos Pontes as his Science and Technology minister. Bolsonaro initially said his...
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    Seif (PL) São Paulo ▌ Alexandre Giordano (MDB) ▌ Mara Gabrilli (PSD) ▌ Marcos Pontes (PL) Sergipe ▌ Alessandro Vieira (MDB) ▌ Laercio Oliveira (PP) ▌ Rogério...
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    on 8 April 2006 with the addition of the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes. American entrepreneur Gregory Olsen was launched in the Soyuz TMA-7...
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  • spaceflight participants in their flights: 1.^ Not always the case, since Marcos Pontes, trained in the NASA Group 17, was a spaceflight participant in the...
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    chief of the agency, Ricardo Galvão, was fired by science minister Marcos Pontes after a period where Galvão had a public argument with Brazilian president...
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    Seif (PL) São Paulo Alexandre Giordano (MDB)[a] Mara Gabrilli (PSD) Marcos Pontes (PL) Sergipe Alessandro Vieira (MDB) Laercio Oliveira (PP) Rogério Carvalho...
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    Senator representing the State of São Paulo, with the Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes as her deputy senator. However, months later she declined from her candidacy...
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    cabinet. On October 31, President-elect Bolsonaro announced astronaut Marcos Pontes as the future Minister of Science and Technology; as of that date, he...
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    the duration of the expedition for emergency evacuation. Astronaut Marcos Pontes launched with Expedition 13 on the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft and became...
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    Seif (PL) São Paulo Alexandre Giordano (MDB)[a] Mara Gabrilli (PSD) Marcos Pontes (PL) Sergipe Alessandro Vieira (MDB) Laercio Oliveira (PP) Rogério Carvalho...
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    mission specialists Léopold Eyharts (France) Paolo Nespoli (Italy) Marcos Pontes (Brazil) Hans Schlegel (Germany) Robert Thirsk (Canada) Bjarni Tryggvason...
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    mission specialists Léopold Eyharts (France) Paolo Nespoli (Italy) Marcos Pontes (Brazil) Hans Schlegel (Germany) Robert Thirsk (Canada) Bjarni Tryggvason...
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    class of 1996 - NASA executive Kenneth Ham – class of 1996 – Astronaut Marcos Pontes – class of 1998 – Astronaut Nancy E. Brown – class of 1999 – Principal...
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    impact of the Accords around the world. Thanks for your support, @Astro_Pontes!" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Potter, Sean (14 December 2020). "NASA Administrator...
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    mission specialists Léopold Eyharts (France) Paolo Nespoli (Italy) Marcos Pontes (Brazil) Hans Schlegel (Germany) Robert Thirsk (Canada) Bjarni Tryggvason...
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