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Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and cosmonaut

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Bertalan Farkas

Hungarian cosmonaut (born 1949)

Bertalan Farkas is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer and fighter pilot. Hungary became the seventh nation to be represented in space by him. Farkas is also the first Esperantist cosmonaut. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade.
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August 2

Day of the year

August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year.
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