Soyuz TMA-8
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Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.
From top to bottom: Jeffrey Williams, Marcos Pontes and Pavel Vinogradov.Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-7Soyuz TMA-9 →
Soyuz TMA 8 launch
The crew at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Soyuz TMA-8 launch on 30 March 2006.
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
Soyuz TMA-8
…delivered ISS Commander Pavel Vinogradov and ISS Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams to the station to replace Expedition 12 crew members. Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes joined the TMA-8 crew for the ascent and docking with ISS, spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments as part of the Missão…
Official portrait as senator
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Marcos Pontes in the US lab of the International Space Station