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Marcos Pontes
Marcos CĂ©sar Pontes (born March 11, 1963) became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched towards the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the first and only Brazilian to join the NASA astronaut training program, although he began training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems.
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