Marcos Pontes
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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
Official portrait as senator
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Marcos Pontes in the US lab of the International Space Station
Astronauts Marcos Pontes and Jeffrey N. Williams (center), and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, take a break from their training at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, days before their launch on a Soyuz spacecraft.
Brazilian Space Agency
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The Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara, and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno. It is
Marcos Pontes
…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 and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked onto the International…
Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA).
VLS1-V03 rocket on a launching pad from Alcântara Launch Center.
VS-40 rocket
VLS-1 at the Alcântara Launch Center