Rodolfo Neri Vela Astronaut

Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. He is the first and only Mexican, and the second Latin-American to have traveled to space.

Personal facts

Rodolfo Neri Vela
Birth dateFebruary 19, 1952
Birth place
Chilpancingo , Guerrero
Nationality
Mexico

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Astronaut

missions
STS-61-B
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
Time in space6 days 21 hours 4 minutes

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Rodolfo Neri Vela on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/132421.html
  2. http://vuelolibre.tv/index.php/programas-anteriores/817-entrevista-con-el-dr-rodolfo-neri-vela-y-ultraligeros-rep-checa
  3. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/132421.html
  4. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nerivela-r.html
  5. http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=111
  6. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/nerivela_rodolfo.htm