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Ivan Bella
Slovak Air Force pilot and cosmonaut (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Argentine footballer, see Iván Bella.
Ivan Bella (born 21 May 1964) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999.[1]
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Born | (1964-05-21) 21 May 1964 (age 60) |
Nationality | Slovak |
Occupation | Pilot |
Space career | |
Research Cosmonaut | |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Time in space | 7d 21h 56min |
Selection | 1998 Cosmonaut Group |
Missions | Mir-Štefánik (Soyuz TM-29 / Soyuz TM-28) |
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