Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Bertalan Farkas

Hungary

Bertalan Farkas
Retired

Biography

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Bertalan Farkas (born August 2, 1949) is the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade. With Charles Simonyi's space travel, Farkas is no longer the only Hungarian who has been to space (he is still the only astronaut, as Simonyi flew as a space tourist).

Type

Government

Age

76

Date of Birth

August 2, 1949

First Flight

May 26, 1980

Last Flight

May 26, 1980

Career Stats

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1

Flights

1

Landings

0

Spacewalks

P7DT20H45M44S

Time in Space

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