Norman Thagard

Tags: Astronaut.

Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3 1943) is an American scientist and former 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.

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time in space (μ)

1.21442e+07

birth date

1943-07-03

birth place

Florida, Marianna Florida

mission

STS-30, STS-42, STS-51-B, STS-71, Soyuz TM-21, STS-7, List of Mir expeditions

nationality

United States

occupation

Doctor of Medicine

selection

List of astronauts by year of selection

type

NASA