ASTRONAUT

Ivan Bella

1964 - Today

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Ivan Bella (born 21 May 1964) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Bella is the 234th most popular astronaut (down from 223rd in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 215th in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ivan Bella ranks 234 out of 556Before him are Reinhard Furrer, John Casper, William B. Lenoir, Yelena Kondakova, Piers Sellers, and Robert S. Kimbrough. After him are Sergei Avdeyev, Barbara Morgan, Yuri Baturin, James P. Bagian, Yuri Gidzenko, and Mikhail Tyurin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Ivan Bella ranks 291Before him are Éric Bernard, Heather Langenkamp, Dana Plato, Andy Bell, Wiliame Katonivere, and Niall Ferguson. After him are Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Shi Zhengli, Dieter Hecking, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Věra Jourová, and Miroslav Kadlec.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ivan Bella ranks 214 out of 418Before him are Janko Jesenský (1874), Stanislav Seman (1952), Jozef Chovanec (1960), János Fadrusz (1858), Dušan Galis (1949), and Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855). After him are Ján Čapkovič (1948), Béla Szepes (1903), Ján Kubiš (1952), Timrava (1867), Ľudovít Fulla (1902), and Koloman Sokol (1902).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Slovakia

Among astronauts born in Slovakia, Ivan Bella ranks 1