Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
SimonyiCharles "Károly"USA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 10.09.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Budapest / Hungaria |
| Marital status: | married |
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| Selection date: | ??.04.2006 |
| Selection group: | Space Tourist 5 / Space Tourist 7 |
| Position: | Spaceflight Participant (UKP) |
| Status: | Ret. 21.04.2007 / 08.04.2009 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-10 / Soyuz TMA-9 | Spaceflight Participant | 07.04. - 21.04.2007 | 13d 19h 00m |
| 2 | Soyuz TMA-14 / Soyuz TMA-13 | Spaceflight Participant | 26.03. - 08.04.2009 | 12d 19h 25m |
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| Total | 26d 14h 25m | |||
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Additional information
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Born as Károly Simonyi; Computer
software developer; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mathematics,
specializing in Mathematics and Statistics, from the University of California,
Berkeley, 1972;
Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University; he
continued to Stanford University for graduate studies and was then hired by
Xerox PARC; 1981 he turned over to Microsoft and was involved in the
development of "Word", "Excel" and "Multiplan"; since 2002 he has his own firm
"Intentional Software Corporation". |
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