Tamayo-Mendez

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Tamayo-Mendez

Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 29 January 1942. Birth City: Guantanamo. Birth Country: Cuba. Nationality: Cuban. Affiliation: Cuban Air Force. Group: 1978 Intercosmos Group. Date Selected: 01 March 1978. Departed: 1981. Number of Flights: 1. Total Time: 7.86 days.

Flight Log

Soyuz 38 - - 1980 Sep 18 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 7.86 days. Flight details: Soyuz 38.
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. Recovered September 26, 1980 15:54 GMT.

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