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...

Presidency, Pontes was announced as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. In the 2022 São Paulo state elections Marcos Pontes was elected for...

(Discovery – ISS mission) Soyuz TMA-20 Expedition 26 Expedition 27 Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space) Spaceflight Participant...

together with Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian in space. The Brazilian government paid Russia approximately $20 million (USD) for Pontes' flight. They...

treaty would be to send the first Brazilian into space, Lt. Col. Aviator Marcos Pontes. The name of the mission is a reference to the commemoration of the...

Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard...

scholar and philosopher Marcos Pontes, Brazilian astronaut Marcos Restrepo, Ecuatorian painter Marcos Alonso (disambiguation) Marcos Antunes Trigueiro (born...

federal ministry in Brazil. The last Minister of Communications was Marcos Pontes. It was dissolved in May 2016.[citation needed] Ministry of Science...

Liwei of China, the third nation to launch a person into space (2003) Marcos Pontes, of Brazil, the first South American and the first lusophone in space...

for a seat at the Chamber of Deputies. However, he wasn't elected. Marcos Pontes, a member of the Liberal Party, was elected to replace Serra on the...