Ivan Bella
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| Ivan Bella | |
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Born | 25 May 1964 Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia) |
| Other occupation | Pilot |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Space time | 7d 21h 56m |
| Selection | 1998 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-29 |
Ivan Bella (b. 25 May 1964, Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia)) is a Slovak cosmonaut.
He was the first Slovak to enter outer space if not considering U.S. astronaut of Slovak origin Eugene Cernan. He participated in 9 days joined Russian-French-Slovak mission on spacestation Mir in 1999.
He is married and has two children.
[edit] Career
- 1979-1983 - Military highschool (Vojenskė gymnázium Banská Bystrica)
- 1983-1987 - Military Aviation University (Vysoká vojenská letecká škola SNP v Košiciach)
- since 1983 - pilot license, later combat pilot license
- since 1993 - served on 33rd air base flying Mig-21 and Su-22 fighters
- 1998-1999 - space mission and training in Russia
- 1999 - retired
[edit] Space Mission
- 23 March 1998 - left for Russia to begin space mission training.
- August 1998 - Bella selected for space flight
- 20..28 February 1999 - He flew Soyuz TM-29 in 27th expedition to space station Mir as a Research Cosmonaut together with Viktor Michajlovič Afanasiov and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, launched from Baikonur.
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