Marcos Pontes

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 International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on 30 March 2006.

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Who was born first?

• Marcos Pontes and Helen Sharman were born the same year
• Marcos Pontes and Julie Payette were born the same year
• Marcos Pontes and Patricia Robertson were born the same year
• Marcos Pontes and Koichi Wakata were born the same year
• Marcos Pontes and Timothy Kopra were born the same year

Timeline

1. Helen SharmanMay 30, 1963 – present
2. Julie PayetteOctober 20, 1963 – present
3. Koichi WakataAugust 1, 1963 – present
4. Marcos Pontes (this page)March 11, 1963 – present
5. Patricia RobertsonMarch 12, 1963 – May 24, 2001
6. Timothy KopraApril 9, 1963 – present

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