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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

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Cuban cosmonaut

PoliticiansBorn 1942 · age 84
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut.

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Arnaldo Tamayo's Sokol space suit, on display at Museo de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba, 2002Arnaldo Tamayo's Sokol space suit, on display at Museo de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba, 2002Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Soyuz 38 mission.Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Soyuz 38 mission.Méndez in 2022Méndez in 2022

Awards 6

2014Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
2011Order of Friendship
1980Hero of the Soviet Union
1980Hero of the Republic of Cuba
1980Order of Lenin
1980Order of Playa Girón

Connected to Arnaldo 6

Raúl CastroAlso won Hero of the Republic of CubaSvetlana SavitskayaAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Lương CườngAlso won Order of Playa GirónTracy Caldwell DysonAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Lázaro CárdenasAlso won Order of Playa GirónJuan Almeida BosqueAlso won Hero of the Republic of Cuba

About this person

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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Born 1942 · age 84
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