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Link in Portuguese:<br />http://www.marcospontes.net/entrevistas/entrevistas/AEB%20Informa/AEB_concluiu_contrato_voo_MCP.htm<br /><br />Yes!!!!!<br />Our Lt.Col. Marcos Pontes (of Brazilian Air Force) will be the first cosmonaut of Brazil. He will be launched on the next Soyuz spacecraft, in march. His mission will last 8 days, during the exchange of main expeditions to the International Space Station.<br />Pontes has full training at NASA´s space shuttle as mission specialist; and he will undertake Russian training on Soyuz. A fully-trained astronaut, ready to fly as a major participant in the ISS program.<br />He will carry with him a set of Brazilian microgravity experiments.<br /><br />Among his curriculum as astronaut candidate and fully-trained astronaut at NASA:<br /><br /><br />As far as possible I will put a link in English.<br /><br />I translated from Portuguese to English (in some haste, sorry) his curriculum as it appears in his website:<br /><br /> <br />"QUALIFICATIONS<br /><br />Master in Engineering of Systems<br /><br />Analysis, development and test of integrated systems of electromagnetic and óticos sensors. <br />Aeronautical engineer<br /><br />Development, analysis, maintenance and test of aircraft and its systems. <br />Pilot of Tests<br /><br />Development, execution and analysis of flight tests of aircraft of fixed wing and its systems.<br /><br />Military Pilot<br /><br />Preparation and execution of missions of ground attack and aerial superiority.<br /><br />Officer (agent) of Security of Flight<br /><br />Development and execution of Programs of Prevention of Air accidents. Inquiry of Air accidents <br /> <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<br /><br />1998 - present days<br /><br />NASA Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX.<br /><br />Astronaut - Specialist of Missi