List of Ibero-American spacefarers

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This is a list of spacefarers natives from Ibero-America.

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Orbital

Image Latin American?SelectionStatusAgency [1] Employer [1] SpaceflightsTime in spaceRef.
1
Arnaldo Tamayo Berlim 2018.jpg
Yes 1978 Inactive since
1980
TSPK DAAFAR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz 38 7d 20h 43m [2]
Flag of Cuba.svg Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
2
Pedro Duque (cropped).jpg
No 1992
1998
Inactive since
2018
ESA Flag of the United States.svg STS-95
Flag of Russia.svg Soyuz TMA-3
18d 18h 46m [3]
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Duque
3
Mexico.RodolfoNeriVela.01.jpg
Yes 1985 Inactive since
1985
SCT Flag of the United States.svg STS-61-B 6d 21h 04m [4]
Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Neri Vela
4
Marcos Pontes2.jpg
Yes 1998 Inactive since
2019
AEB FAB Flag of Russia.svg Soyuz TMA-8 9d 21h 17m [5]
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Pontes

Suborbital

NameFlightApogeeTime in space [6] Ref.
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Correa Hespanha Flag of the United States.svg Blue Origin NS-21 106 km09m 58s [7] [8]
2 Flag of Portugal.svg Mário Ferreira Flag of the United States.svg Blue Origin NS-22 ~107 km10m 13s [9]

Without flying

Astronauts who is still on active duty awaiting their first assignment:

ImageSelectionStatusRef.
Klaus Von storch.jpg
1992Active [10]
Flag of Chile.svg Klaus von Storch
2006
Active
[11]
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ronnie Nader
Dr. Alysson Muotri in 2023 (cropped).jpg
2023
In training. [12] [13]

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