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Tamayo Mendez, Arnaldo 'Guasso'
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.
Family: Cosmonaut,
Intercosmos Group - 1978.
Country: Cuba.
Spacecraft: Salyut 6.
Flights: Soyuz 38.
Agency: Cuban AF.
More at: 6085.
Bibliography: 4452.
1942 January 29 - .
- Birth of Arnaldo 'Guasso' Tamayo-Mendez - .
Nation: Cuba.
Related Persons: Tamayo Mendez.
African-Cuban pilot cosmonaut. Flew on Salyut 6 EP-8. 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..
1978 March 1 - .
- Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr,
Dediu,
Farkas,
Ganzorig,
Gurragcha,
Ivanov, Georgi,
Lopez Falcon,
Magyari,
Prunariu,
Tamayo Mendez.
Training group of potential 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station..
1980 September 18 - .
19:11 GMT - .
Launch Site: Baikonur.
Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1.
LV Family: R-7.
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
- Soyuz 38 - .
Call Sign: Taimyr (Taimyr - Russian peninsula). Crew: Romanenko,
Tamayo Mendez.
Backup Crew: Khrunov,
Lopez Falcon.
Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 54. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Khrunov,
Lopez Falcon,
Romanenko,
Tamayo Mendez.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 6.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 35,
Soyuz 38.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T.
Duration: 7.86 days. Decay Date: 1980-09-26 . USAF Sat Cat: 11977 . COSPAR: 1980-075A. Apogee: 257 km (159 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 89.00 min. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 station the seventh international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising Y V Romanenko (USSR) and A. Tomaio Mendez (Cuba), to conduct scientific research and experiments..
1980 September 26 - .
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