Norman E. Thagard, American astronaut

Norman Thagard

American astronaut, scientist, and Marine Corps officer (born 1943)

Norman Earl Thagard is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. On March 14, 1995, he became the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.…