Ivan Bella
Ivan Bella, born on May 21, 1964, in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), is a Slovak Air Force officer and the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He graduated from the Košice Military Academy in 1987. Bella began training as a research cosmonaut in March 1998 and launched on the Soyuz TM-29 mission on February 20, 1999, with mission commander Viktor Afanasyev and flight engineer Jean-Pierre Haigneré. He spent just over a week on the Mir space station, performing scientific experiments. In 2004, Bella was appointed as a military attaché for Slovakia in Moscow, Russia.
Identity
- Full Name
- Ivan Bella
- Slug
- ivan-bella
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 8/14/2025, 8:43:19 PM
- Updated Time
- 4/5/2026, 10:16:15 PM
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- Biography
- Ivan Bella, born on May 21, 1964, in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), is a Slovak Air Force officer and the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He graduated from the Košice Military Academy in 1987. Bella began training as a research cosmonaut in March 1998 and launched on the Soyuz TM-29 mission on February 20, 1999, with mission commander Viktor Afanasyev and flight engineer Jean-Pierre Haigneré. He spent just over a week on the Mir space station, performing scientific experiments. In 2004, Bella was appointed as a military attaché for Slovakia in Moscow, Russia.
- Birth Date
- 1964-05-21
- Eva Min
- 0
- Evas
- 0
- Flights
- 0
- Gender
- male
- In Space
- No
- In Space Min
- 11,496
- Landings
- 0
- Nationalities
- SK