Norman E. Thagard

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NASA astronaut United States Marine Corps officer aviator electrical engineer human physician

Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.

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Norman E. Thagard canonical 10
Norman Thagard 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science ⓘ
Doctor of Medicine ⓘ
astronautGroup NASA Astronaut Group 8 ⓘ
awardReceived Defense Superior Service Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-07-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Florida State University ⓘ
Florida State University – Florida A&M University College of Engineering ⓘ
surface form: Florida State University College of Engineering

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
familyName Thagard ⓘ
fieldOfWork aerospace medicine ⓘ
spaceflight operations ⓘ
givenName Norman ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Norman E. Thagard self-link ⓘ
notableFor being the first American cosmonaut on Mir ⓘ
participation in the Shuttle–Mir Program ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Marianna, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Marianna, Florida, United States
residence Florida ⓘ
surface form: Florida, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spacecraftFlown Soyuz TM-21 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
spaceMission Mir-18 ⓘ
STS-30 ⓘ
STS-42 ⓘ
STS-51-B ⓘ
STS-7 ⓘ
Soyuz TM-21 ⓘ
spaceStationVisited Mir ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace approximately 140 days ⓘ
wasFirstTo be the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft ⓘ
wasSelectedAsAstronautIn 1978 ⓘ

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STS-42 → crewMember → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
STS-42 → missionSpecialist → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
STS-7 → crewMember → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
STS-7 → missionSpecialist → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
Mir program → notableAstronautInvolved → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman Thagard
Mir space station → notableAstronaut → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman Thagard
IML-1 → missionSpecialist → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
Norman E. Thagard → name → Norman E. Thagard self-link ⓘ
NASA Astronaut Group 8 → includes → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
International Microgravity Laboratory 1 → missionSpecialist → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
STS-30 → crewMember → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
STS-30 → missionSpecialist → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
Shuttle–Mir Program → astronaut → Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman Thagard