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Bertalan Farkas (born August 2, 1949) was the
first Hungary|Hungarian cosmonaut and the first
Esperanto|Esperantist in space. He is currently
the president of Airlines Service and Trade. To
date he is the only Hungarian who was in space.

He was born in Gyulaháza, and graduated from
aeronautical college at Szolnok. He also attended 
the Air Military College, Krasnodar, in the Soviet
Union.

After earning his qualifications at university,
Farkas joined the Hungarian Air Force and rose to
the rank of Brigadier General. He was selected as
part of the fifth international programme for
Intercosmos. His backup cosmonaut was Béla
Magyari.

Farkas, along with Soviet cosmonaut Valeri
Kubasov, was launched into space from Baikonur
Cosmodrome on May 26, 1980, at 18:20 (GMT).

While in orbit, Farkas conducted experiments on
material science. After 7 days, 20 hours and 45
minutes, and having completed 124 orbits, Farkas
and Kubasov returned to Earth, landing 140 km
southeast of Dzheskasgan.

Farkas is married to Anikó Farkas, and has three
children: Aida, Ádám and Bertalan. He loves
soccer and plays it often.