What is Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez?
{{Infobox astronaut | name = Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez | image = File:Arnaldo_Tamayo_Berlin_2018_-_2.jpg | caption = Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez in Berlin, July 2018 | type = [[File:Arnaldo Tamayo Signature.svg|150px]]<br/>[[Intercosmos]] Research Cosmonaut | nationality = Cuban | status = Retired | rank = Brigadier General | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|1|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Guantánamo]], [[Cuba]] | occupation = [[aviator|Pilot]] | selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1978|1978 Intercosmos Group]] | time = 7d 20h 43m | mission = [[Soyuz 38]] | insignia = [[File:Soyuz38 patch.png|30px]] | awards = [[Hero of the Republic of Cuba]]<br>[[Hero of the Soviet Union]] }} '''Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez''' (born January 29, 1942) is a [[Cubans|Cuban]] [[military officer]], [[legislator]], and former [[cosmonaut]]. He was the first person of African heritage in space.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id{{=}}_UEDAAAAMBAJ&pg{{=}}PA8|journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|date=9 October 1980|title=Soviets Launch World's First Black Cosmonaut|volume=59|number=4|issn=0021-5996|page=8}}</ref> As a member of the crew of [[Soyuz 38]], he became the first [[Cuba]]n citizen, the first [[Latin American]], and the first person from a country in the [[Western Hemisphere]] other than the United States to travel into [[Earth orbit]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamayo Mendez, Arnaldo}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Cuban military people]] [[Category:Astronauts]] {{bio-stub}}