Marcos Pontes
Sign in to saveNASA astronaut, 22nd Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil (2019–2022) and Senator of the Federative Republic of Brazil since 2023
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 11 March 1963
- Works
- 5
Top works
- O Menino do Espaço
- Polarization effects on infrared target contrast
- Caminhando com Gagarin
- Missão Cumprida
- É Possível!
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 34
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- <i>Planck</i>
2018 results
· 2020 · cited 12,653x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures
· 2000 · cited 10,436x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
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Key facts
- President
- Jair Bolsonaro
- Preceded by
- Gilberto Kassab
- Succeeded by
- Paulo Alvim
- Born
- ( 1963-03-11 ) 11 March 1963 (age 63) , Bauru , São Paulo , Brazil
- Party
- PL (2022–present)
- Other political affiliations
- DEM (2009–2012) PSB (2013–2018) PSL (2018–2022) UNIÃO (2022)
- Occupation
- Fighter pilot , astronaut
- Allegiance
- Brazil
- Branch service
- Brazilian Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant colonel
- Status
- Retired
- Time in space
- 9 days, 21 hours and 17 minutes
- Selection
Key dates
- Born
- 11 March 1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 17
- Given name
- Marcos
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Bauru
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Employer
- Brazilian Air Force
- Political party
- Social Liberal Party
Article
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 and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked onto the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on 30 March 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems. After Jair Bolsonaro's election as President of Brazil in 2018, Pontes was officially nominated to be Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, a post which he accepted days later and assumed when Bolsonaro's government began. He left the post on 31 March 2022 and in the same year was elected federal senator for his state, São Paulo.
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