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Bertalan Farkas is a Hungarian astronaut, aircraft pilot, and military personnel who served in the Hungarian Air Force. Born in Gyulaháza in 1949, he holds the rank of brigadier general. He is also an Esperantist and a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. Farkas was educated at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov.
He served as a crew member on Soyuz 35, Soyuz 36, and Salyut 6, accumulating 11325 units of time in space. His awards include the Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", and the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen. Farkas has been employed by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
He speaks Hungarian, Russian, and Esperanto, with Hungarian as his native language. Farkas was a candidate in the 2006 and 2014 Hungarian parliamentary elections. He has three children.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-08-02 ) August 2, 1949 (age 76) , Gyulaháza , Hungary
- Occupation
- Pilot
- Rank
- Brigadier General , Hungarian Air Force
- Time in space
- 7d 20h 45m
- Selection
- 1978 Intercosmos Group
- Missions
- Soyuz 36 / Soyuz 35
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bertalan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Gyulaháza
- Educated at
- Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Military branch
- Hungarian Air Force
- Military rank
- brigadier general
- Image
- Bertalan Farkas (Author - Rudolf Csiba).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Bertalan Farkas
- date of birth
- 1949-08-02
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- time in space
- 11325
- candidacy in election
- 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election
- member of the crew of
- Salyut 6
- P450
- Salyut 6
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Encyclopedic overview
Bertalan Farkas ( Hungarian: [ˈfɒrkɒʃ ˈbɛrtɒlɒn], born August 2, 1949) is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer and fighter pilot. With his flight, Hungary became the seventh nation to be represented in space. Farkas is also the first Esperantist cosmonaut. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade.
Following his mission, Hungarian-American Károly Simonyi (Charles Simonyi) was the second Hungarian astronaut – the only person in the entire world who has been twice in space as a space tourist and who had paid for himself for the spaceflights. The next Hungarian astronaut, Tibor Kapu, travelled to the International Space Station in June 2025.
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