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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, Cuban cosmonaut (1980) [8] Leonid Popov, Soviet cosmonaut (1980) [citation needed] Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut (1980) [citation needed] Nelson Mandela, South African political prisoner (1984) [9] Oliver Tambo, South African anti-apartheid activist (24 March 1986) [10] Sergey Sokolov, Soviet commander (1986 ...
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.
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, first person of African descent and first Afro-Latino to fly in space. A Cuban, he flew on a Soviet mission in 1980. A Cuban, he flew on a Soviet mission in 1980. References
Sylvia Mendez and her Latino parents paved the way for desegregation in Mendez v Westminster but this Hispanic civil rights contribution is not largely known. 1940s segregation kept her out of the ...
FamilySearch Centers (FSC), formerly Family History Centers (FHC), are branches of the FamilySearch Library (FSL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The centers supply resources for research and study of genealogy and family history. As of 2024, there are more than 6,316 FSC in 149 ...