For the Record (2)

By With Analysis from Monitor Correspondents around the world; Edited by Randy Shipp

September 19, 1980

Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez will be launched aboard the Soyuz 38 space capsule along with a Soviet commander, Yuri Romanenko. The men will join two Soviet cosmonauts on board the Salyut 6 orbiting station for a week's stay, during which Mr. Tamayo is due to carry out experiments and observations programmed by the Havana Academy of Sciences.