In 1989 astronaut James Bagian (born in 1952 in Philadelphia), offspring of an Armenian from Trebizond, took off from Cape Canaveral. He made 30 circuits around the globe and covered 3 million and 219,000 kilometers. The flight lasted four days, 23 hours and 41 minutes.

 In 1989 astronaut James Bagian (born in 1952 in Philadelphia), offspring of an Armenian from Trebizond, took off from Cape Canaveral. He made 30 circuits around the globe and covered 3 million and 219,000 kilometers. The flight lasted four days, 23 hours and 41 minutes.