Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

Cuban cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1942

Place of Birth: Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba

Profession: astronaut, military personnel, politician, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.
As a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit.