Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen, the first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit. Wikipedia
Source: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (2021) cited in " Cuba’s Only Cosmonaut: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez https://aldianews.com/articles/leaders/cubas-only-cosmonaut-arnaldo-tamayo-mendez/68439" on Al Día News, 7 December 2021.
