Ivan Bella

Ivan Bella
Born	(1964-05-21) 21 May 1964 (age 60) Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia)
Nationality	Slovak
Occupation	Pilot
Space career
Research Cosmonaut
Rank	Brigadier general
Time in space	7d 21h 56min
Selection	1998 Cosmonaut Group
Missions	Mir-Štefánik (Soyuz TM-29 / Soyuz TM-28)
Mission insignia

Ivan Bella (born 21 May 1964) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999.^[1]