Vladimir Remek is a Czechoslovak Air Force pilot who became the first person from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States to fly in space, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in March 1978 as part of the Interkosmos program to the Salyut 6 space station. He spent about eight days in orbit conducting joint Soviet-Czechoslovak scientific experiments, and he later served as a member of the European Parliament and as Czech ambassador to Russia.
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1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Vladimir Remek
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Position: Research Cosmonaut (RC)
2. Vladimír Remek
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1948-09-26
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is a Czech politician and diplomat
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joined the Interkosmos program in 1976
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joined the Interkosmos program in 1976
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The European Space Agency considers him the "first European in space".
Operated By: Interkosmos, Article text: agency link
As the first flight of the Soviet space program's Interkosmos, he was the first space traveller from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
Associated With: Soviet space program, Article text: associated organization
As the first flight of the Soviet space program's Interkosmos, he was the first space traveller from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
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