January 29, 1942 - Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, the first person of African descent to travel in space, was born in Guantanamo, Cuba. Tamayo was a pilot in the Cuban Air Defense Force before being selected as part of the Soviet Union’s Intercosmo...s program in 1978. On September 18, 1980, he and another Soviet cosmonaut were launched into space where they spent 188 hours conducting experiments on space adaptation syndrome. Following his time in the Intercosmos program, Tamayo became director of international affairs in the Cuban armed forces. He also is a deputy in the Cuban National Assembly.
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