Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Персональная информация
- Известность
- Acting
- Всего проектов
- 1
- Пол
- Male
- Дата рождения
- January 29, 1942
- Место рождения
- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Биография
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. 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 States to travel into Earth orbit.
