Cuba - 1st Cuban Astronaut

Cuba - The 1st Cuban-Soviet space flight (1980)

Cuba has join the cosmonaut fray quite early. The first Cuban-Soviet space flight was launched in 1980 . The ceremony was remembered by the issuing of a commemorative stamp. Tamayo-Mendez was the first Cuban astronaut. He joined Soyuz 38 space flight with a Soviet astronaut Romanenko on September 18,1980. He was also recognized as the first black man into space.

More stamps from Cuba are available - here. Read also about many other the first in space - here (spacetoday).

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