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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 ...
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.
He called it “a life changing experience.” ... Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, a Cuban of African descent. After leaving the military in 1966, Dwight joined IBM and started a construction company ...
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]
Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in ...
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez: 2: No 1992 1998: Inactive since 2018 ESA: STS-95 Soyuz TMA-3: 18d 18h 46m [3] Pedro Duque: 3: Yes 1985: Inactive since 1985 SCT: STS-61-B: 6d 21h 04m [4] Rodolfo Neri Vela: 4: Yes 1998: Inactive since 2019 AEB: FAB: Soyuz TMA-8: 9d 21h 17m [5] Marcos Pontes