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Norman Thagard | |
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Born | Norman Earl Thagard July 3, 1943 Marianna, U.S. |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Captain, US Marine Corps |
Time in space | 140 days, 13 hours and 24 minutes |
Selection | NASA Group 8 (1978) |
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Retirement | January 3, 1996 |
Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943; Capt, USMC, Ret.) is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. He did this on March 14, 1995, in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.