Norman Thagard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Norman Thagard

United States Marine Corps officer, aviator and astronaut

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Marianna, Florida, United States

Profession: astronaut, physician, military officer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943), (Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S.
Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut.
He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut.
He did on this on March 14, 1995, in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.