Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Cuban cosmonaut
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Born 1942 · age 84
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Updated 2026-08-14
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut. In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen, the first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit.
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