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Marcos Pontes

Marcos Cesar Pontes (born March 11, 1963) is a Brazilian astronaut and lieutenant colonel of the Brazilian Air Force. In March 2006, he embarked on a one-week mission aboard the Soyuz TMA-8 and became the first Brazilian in space. To date, he is the only South American and native Portuguese speaker to have visited space. In late 2018, he was nominated Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Jair Bolsonaro's government (2019–2022).

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