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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 29 January 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. [1] [2] 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 ...
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez January 29, 1942 Cuba: First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space. Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980) 2 Rodolfo Neri Vela February 19, 1952 Mexico: First Mexican in space. STS-61-B (November 26, 1985) 3 Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950 United States ( Costa ...
In his second mission on September 18, 1980, together with the first Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Romanenko flew Soyuz 38 to Salyut 6 and returned 7 days later. With this flight, Méndez was the first hispanophone and first person of African descent in space. [3]
Ryumin filmed ignition and operation of the transport's main engine. Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez of Cuba and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko docked without incident. The purpose of the Soyuz 38 mission was to carry out nine experiments. They stimulated different areas of the brain to further understand the electrical activity in our brain.
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space.
IN FOCUS: As Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ arrives on Netflix, Tom Murray speaks to a reporter who wrote a book on the infamous double parricide case. Nearly 35 ...
Javier Mendez, Cuban baseball player (2003) Jesus Menendez Larrondo, Cuban trade unionist (1998) Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban cosmonaut (1981) José M. Medina, medical student (1952) Rafael María de Mendive, Cuban poet (1993) Julio Antonio Mella, revolution leader (1968) Jesus Menéndez, leader in sugar industry (1961)
Lyle (top l.) and Erik (top r.) Menéndez and below, Nicholas Chavez (l.) and Cooper Koch as the brothers.