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The '''Brazilian Space Agency''' ({{lang-pt|Agência Espacial Brasileira}}; '''AEB''') is the [[Brazil]]ian agency for the country's growing [[Space exploration|space program]]. It runs a [[spaceport]] at [[Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara|Alcântara]], and a [[rocket]] launch site at [[Centro de Lançamento de Barreira do Inferno|Barreira do Inferno]]. The Brazilian Space Agency has given Brazil a job for [[South America]] and also made Brazil (contracted; show full)

On March 30, 2006, Brazilian [[astronaut]] Marcos Pontes became the first Brazilian and the first native [[Portuguese]]-speaking person to go to space. He stayed on the [[International Space Station]] for a week. He landed in [[Kazakhstan]] on April 8, 2006 with the astronauts on [[Expedition 12]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4859622.stm</ref>
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