Date of Birth	Born on Gyulahaza, Hungary on February 8, 1949
Childhood / Family	Married with three children.
Education	Graduated from aeronautical college, Szolnok; graduated from Air Military College, Krasnodar, Russia.
Occupation	Scientist at Technical University, Budapest
Military Service / Civilian	Pilot and Bigadier General in the Hungarian Air Force
Space Training / Specialty	Research Cosmonaut
Contribution to Space Travel	First Hungarian cosmonaut in space
Space Missions	Soyuz 36
Outside Activities	Soccer
Interesting Fact(s)	Conducted space experiments on material science
Status	President of Airlines Service and Trade Ltd., Budapest
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