Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

  • male, 67 years old
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel in outer space. He was also the first Hispanophone and first person of African ancestry in space. Born in Guantánamo, Tamayo graduated from the Cuban Air Force Academy and became a pilot in the Cuban Air Defense Force. He was selected as part of the Soviet Union's seventh Intercosmos program on March 1, 1978. Wikipedia
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January 29, 1942
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