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Soyuz TM and Mir
Soyuz TMA-7
Soyuz TMA-12
Soyuz TMA-20M
Soyuz TMA-12M
Baikonur Cosmodrome; Soyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz 4; Shatalov, Vladimir
Soyuz 6, 7, and 8
Andriyan Nikolayev in the Soyuz 9
Soyuz 10
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Peake, Tim
Tim Peake
British astronaut and military officer
Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg
Sergey Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Akiyama Toyohiro
Akiyama Toyohiro
Japanese journalist and television reporter
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Scott Kelly
American astronaut
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Pedro Duque
Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov.
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov
Russian cosmonaut
Helen Sharman
Helen Sharman
British chemist and astronaut
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth
South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
Soviet scientist
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Bella, Ivan
Ivan Bella
Slovak pilot and air force officer
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Georgi Ivanov
Bulgarian cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Malaysian orthopedic surgeon

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