Missão Centenário
Missão Centenário was the Brazilian Space Agency mission that made Marcos Pontes the first Brazilian in space. Pontes launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 with the Expedition 13 crew, performed eight Brazilian microgravity experiments and outreach activities aboard the International Space Station, and returned with the Expedition 12 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-7. The mission name commemorated the centenary of Alberto Santos-Dumont's 14-bis flight.
Identity
- Aliases
- Missao CentenarioCentenary MissionMarcos Pontes ISS Mission
- Name
- Missão Centenário
- Slug
- missao-centenario
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Missão Centenário was the Brazilian Space Agency mission that made Marcos Pontes the first Brazilian in space. Pontes launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 with the Expedition 13 crew, performed eight Brazilian microgravity experiments and outreach activities aboard the International Space Station, and returned with the Expedition 12 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-7. The mission name commemorated the centenary of Alberto Santos-Dumont's 14-bis flight.
- End Date
- 2006-04-08
- Landing Site Id
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- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. Pontes became the first Brazilian in space, conducted eight Brazilian experiments aboard the ISS, and returned safely on Soyuz TMA-7.
- Program
- International Space Station / Missão Centenário
- Space Station Id
- ms7vrdmhtb6vsyh53zc92thbc984p323
- Start Date
- 2006-03-30
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7rjhx799p5gx451prgr66z898a4vm4
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:41:05 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:41:05 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Mission agency and experiment-program sponsor
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Soyuz launch and return operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td7azdd36jkvpwcj3jjw6yxwen8a5rvk
- Role
- Brazilian mission specialist; launched on Soyuz TMA-8 and returned on Soyuz TMA-7