Rodolfo Neri Vela

  • STS 61- B ( 1985)

Rodolfo Neri Vela ( born February 19, 1952 in Chilpancingo, Mexico ) is the first and only Mexican astronaut.

Neri Vela studied at the National University of Mexico as well as electrical engineering and earned 1975, the Bachelor degree. The following year, the University of Essex awarded him a master's degree in telecommunications. He then conducted research in the field of electromagnetic radiation and was given in 1979 by the University of Birmingham a doctorate.

Neri Vela was a payload specialist and as such took part in the 1985 Space Shuttle mission STS -61- B on the space shuttle Atlantis.

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