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On this day - 10 August

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First marriage in space

Daily Star 10/08/2003
Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space on August 10th 2003. He was on the International Space Station at the time and the wedding took place through a satellite link. He married Ekaterina Dmitrieva who was in Texas at the time. They have since had a child.

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