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.
Background
- Born in
- Guantánamo
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Order of Friendship; Hero of the Republic of Cuba; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin; and 1 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 38September 18, 1980 · 19:11 UTC
Expeditions
- Salyut 6 EP-81980-09-18 – 1980-09-26
Born 1942-01-29 · age 84