# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jqWunjM2z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460429-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ff73b2d533.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-09-18T15:15:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (who became the first Cuban, Latin American, and first person of African descent to fly into space #OTD in 1980) conducted studies—while in space—to find out what causes "space adaptation syndrome"—like seasickness, but for the cosmos. .
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#space #experiment #cosmos #spaceexploration #cuban #american #latin #onthisday #seasick #gravity #science #history #sciencehistory #research #livinginspace #today #sciencehistory

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## Tags

otd, latin, history, seasick, today, research, experiment, space, spaceexploration, gravity, cuban, cosmos, american, science, sciencehistory, onthisday, livinginspace

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