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Tamayo Mendez, Arnaldo 'Guasso'
Tamayo-Mendez
Tamayo-Mendez
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Cuban pilot cosmonaut 1978-1980. First Cuban astronaut. First person of African descent to fly in space. Graduated from Air Force Academy Pilot, Cuban Air Force. Director of the Organization for Civil Defense in Cuba.

Status: Inactive; Active 1978-1980. Born: 1942-01-29. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 7.86 days. Birth Place: African.


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Family: Cosmonaut. Country: Cuba. Spacecraft: Salyut 6. Flights: Soyuz 38. Agency: Cuban AF. Bibliography: 4452, 6085.

1942 January 29 - .
1978 March 1 - .
1980 September 18 - . 19:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
1980 September 26 - .

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