Marcos Pontes
Marcos Cesar Pontes is a Brazilian Air Force pilot and AEB astronaut. He became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched into the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASAs Space Shuttle program encountered problems. He is married and has two children.
Pontes was born in the town of Bauru, in the southeastern state of So Paulo.
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