Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1980.
1Flight
7d 20hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. As a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 38September 18, 1980 · 19:11 UTC
Born 1942-01-29