Brazil, Russia agree to send Brazilian cosmonaut to space
AFP, October, 2005
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MOSCOW (AFP) — Brazil and Russia have reached tentative agreement on sending a Brazilian cosmonaut to space, possibly as early as April, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
"The Russian-Brazilian intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation has signed a tentative agreement" to send Brazilian cosmonaut Marcus Pontes to space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko said.
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