Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez is a Cuban Air Force pilot who became the first person of African descent to fly in space and the first Cuban citizen to do so, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in September 1980 as part of the Interkosmos program to the Salyut 6 space station. He spent about eight days in orbit conducting joint Soviet-Cuban scientific experiments, and his flight remains a significant point of national pride in Cuba.
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1942-01-29
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In Group: Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations, Lead sentence
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 29 January 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut.
Associated With: Soviet space program, Article text: associated organization
Between April 1961 and May 1962, Tamayo completed a course in aerial combat with MiG-15s at the Yeysk Higher Air Force School in the Soviet Union, after which he was certified a combat pilot at the age of 19.
Operated By: Interkosmos, Cosmonaut career: selection
In 1978 he was selected to join the Intercosmos program and moved to Star City, Russia for his training as a cosmonaut.
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